SHIPS LOG
(Newsletter for 83' Sailors)
Welcome aboard for this
issue of the 83' Sailors newsletter. As I write this edition we are nearing the
65th anniversary of the Normandy landings. This particular action
probably gave the 83 foot boats of Rescue Flotilla 1 and the men who served on
them their finest hour. I would like to dedicate this issue of the Ship’s Log
to those 83 veterans who survive as well as all the combat veterans of the U.S.
Coast Guard.
WELCOME ABOARD:
New members this issue:
Marshall Abbott
WPB-83388
Alan R. Kelly
WPB-83337 & 83452
Joseph Ridges
WPB-83412
Ken Leland
WPB-83489
NOSTALGIA:
As is my habit I wanted to run an article on the Normandy landing for the anniversary of that event. The following is an article sent to me by Ralph Gallant ENCS, USCG (ret.) who was in the navy at the time of the invasion and participated aboard an LST. This article is reprinted from a U.S. Naval Institute publication.
PICTURE OF THE MONTH:
Refurbishing the 83527.
Picture courtesy of Dan Withers.
