Bruce mbabele@999info.net
Memorial
We are in the process of organizing a memorial. Here are key points:
Location: Cleveland OH at the USS Cod Museum. Cleveland is centrally located, easy to get to and is a reasonably inexpensive city. During WWII there were 52 subs lost; each was assigned to a state, the Grunion going to Ohio. The Cod is almost identical to the Grunion and has been carefully preserved.
The director of the Cod Museum, John Fakan, has been heavily involved in this project and will be a great help in organizing this effort. If you fly you will not need a car, the museum people will pick you up. There are hotels within a few blocks. John thinks he can get a special block rate.
We don’t have a estimate of cost at this time. We plan to be careful with expenses.
The Cod closes for the public Sept 30th but it will be available privately for the Grunion memorial.
The probable date is Columbus day weekend 10th thru 12th of October.
Events: The plan is make adequate time for Grunion people to get to know the rest of the family. There will be exhibits from both the families and the expedition, presentations and a opportunity to meet some of the key players of this rather extraordinary experience. We are hoping that we can get some ex-submariners to explain the various functions of the crew, and that some of the relatives will be able tell their stories to the group.
Sunday morning there will be a formal Navy ceremony.
We expect this to be rather heavily attended. In order to accommodate all and keep cost in control we would appreciate an email to grunionmemorial@aol.com with “Memorial and crew name in subject.
List names of those likely to attend, email and phone no, type of transportation, any special needs, and the likelihood of attending.
DVD
Joe hunter has completed his DVD of the Search for the Grunion. It is available on Amazon.com (Search for the Grunion DVD
) for about $18.
I am somewhat biased but as is I think it is good enough to sell to a network.
