NAVIGAT R eXPRESS
First Quarter 2017 • Quarterly Newsletter for the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
ALL ACROSS THE USA
USCG Auxiliary Remembers
Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary
Story by Roger Bazeley
Visiting the USS Arizona Memorial and the
associated memorials on Battleship Row is
an experience beyond words as one is left to
reflect upon the sacrifice and circumstances
of the United States entry into World War
II. The Battleship USS Arizona Memorial
represented the beginning of the United
States in World War II while the end of the
war in the Pacific is represented by with
the berthing of the Battleship USS Missouri
where Japan signed the terms of their
surrender and brought an end to the war.
Auxiliarists Participate Countrywide
Various events and parades were supported
by other USCG Auxiliarists such as the
members of the D11N Honor Guard from
Alameda, California, Duane L. Blackwell
and retired Superior Court Judge Chester
Richard Bartalini who participated in
The USS Arizona Memorial sits on top of the sunken
USS Arizona, taken during 75th Pearl Harbor Day
Memorial – Day of Remembrance.
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Roger Bazeley, USCG Aux