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To: cmomm44; ConorMacNessa; BIGLOOK

Welcome to the Canteen, cmomm44...we thank you for your service to our country, and most especially at Normandy.

The 83 foot cutters served during WW II and after the war ended. They were designed for off-shore ASW patrol. Sixty took part in the Normandy D-day invasion as rescue craft. Another fifty-four served in the Pacific. After the war ended sixty-one served in the USA as SAR and harbor entrance patrol cutters.

28 posted on 04/29/2012 8:29:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

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To: cmomm44; Kathy in Alaska

Welcome aboard, Guardsman!

It's not that often we get a WWII vet and you honor us all by your presence.

32 posted on 04/29/2012 9:52:54 PM PDT by BIGLOOK

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