| Comments: I can't think of the words of praise for the Vance Crews
determination to hang on to their History and fellow shipmates that you even
invite other members of the flotilla to join you.
However I am not a happy ex crewman of the flotilla as I am one of those that was (as I put it) Abanded in Pearl Harbor after the war with out our pay. I had to hitch hike from Pearl Harbor to Cleveland Ohio as we were refused lodging at the Alameda Navy Base. Years later I was to learn the flotilla pulled out of Pearl Harbor after discharging the excess crew and lay at anchor for two weeks while waiting for a bunch of Sea Bees that took our bunks and were transported to New York City. Again ; Thank You for th invitation, Bill Miller I have been unable to attend your or the DESA conventions due to cost, Just can't afford it. |