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The
Chapter welcomed CAPT John Shaw, USN (ret) on 27 March for the dinner
at Pappadeaux Seafood Restaurant. Our sponsored model of BB-40 USS New Mexico was displayed.
CAPT Shaw's presentation can be viewed here.
Many more photos of the event are displayed on this Photo Page.
<> "I have spoken with Harry Davidson, Curator of the Cavalcade of Wings Museum, about the centennial ship models that [the Chapter is] sponsoring.<>
"As you know, I was not pleased with the quality of the USS New Mexico battleship model, and I let Harry know that. Harry has since spoken to the modeler in Oregon, who made our model, and and the modeler’s excuse was that he allowed himself to be talked into using a sealer that he had not used before. So Harry made a deal with the Oregon guy.<>
"The centennial committee is going to send that model of the New Mexico that we have to the USS New Mexico veterans group for their 2012 reunion, and the modeler in Oregon will make us a new one at no cost. We keep the plastic case that I had made, and the mirrored one that came with the model goes to the USS New Mexico vets. So, I expect we will come out in good shape on this deal. The only problem is that we’ll probably not see the new model until the end of the summer. <>
"By the way, ['our'] model is intended for display in the New Mexico Veterans’ Museum on Louisiana near the corner with Gibson.<>
"The local guy who is supposed to be making our model of the USS Bataan (LHD5), is out of the hospital and hopefully on the road to recovery. He is the person who made the beautiful model of the USS Santa Fe (CL60) that we had on display at our dinner at Pappadeaux’s [27 Mar 2012 - see this Photo Page<> ]. Assuming he gets well enough to begin working on the Bataan soon, we should see that one sometime near the end of the summer, also. Should this fellow have a relapse, Harry has identified another person to take over the Bataan project. So, the bottom line is that we don’t need to do anything ... for awhile."
Who's going to
Dublin? This year's Navy-Notre Dame football game
will be played in Dublin,
Ireland on 1 Sept. This game kicks off the 2012 season. For those of us in the Mountain
Time Zone,
kick-off is 7 am ! (on CBS -
local channel 13). No Fox and Hound gathering! Maybe
IHop? Click here
for a page of info on the Navy-Notre Dame football game in Dublin,
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years, and again in 2011 in
Annapolis. This is the year! 