All of us Old Marines enjoy it immensely. Dan
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> 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" > <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > 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 >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
