I'll second that. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > And I'd like to thank all you old marines (and U. S. servicemen in general) > for your dedication and service to the good ole U. S. of A. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > <danmaty...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: John Basilone Parade > > >> All of us Old Marines enjoy it immensely. >> >> Dan >> >> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Christine Aguila >> <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for posting, Dan. Basilone demonstrated incredible bravery and >>> courage to be sure. Your pictures show a nice day was had by all in >>> celebration of a real hero. Cheers, Christine >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >>> <danmaty...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >>> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 9:16 AM >>> Subject: GESO: John Basilone Parade >>> >>> >>>> Nestled between the town in which I work and the township in which we >>>> live is the little Borough of Raritan, NJ, where the North Branch, the >>>> South Branch and the Raritan Power Canal merge to form the Old Raritan >>>> River. >>>> >>>> It is distinguished today mostly as the home of Ortho Pharmaceuticals, >>>> one of the divisions of Johnson and Johnson. It's main claim to fame, >>>> however, still is as the home town of John Basilone, Marine hero of >>>> World War II. This weekend was the annual Basilone weekend in >>>> Raritan, with races on Saturday,aI concert by the Quantico Marine >>>> Corps Band at the community college and fireworks on Saturday night, >>>> and a big parade on Sunday. To give you an idea of the parade, there >>>> were eight bagpipe and drum bands, not to mention the three high >>>> school bands, two middle school band, the Qantico Band, several fife >>>> and drum corps, and numerous military and veteran units (as well as a >>>> large Rolling Thunder contingent). John Seda, who played Sgt Basilone >>>> in The Pacific, was one of many honored guests riding in convertibles. >>>> The parade lasted two hours before the long line of fire and rescue >>>> truck streamed down Somerset Street. >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11705871 >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11705873 >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11705870 >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11703474 >>>> >>>> Dan > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >
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