Dedication Remarks For The Uss Albacore (ss 218) Memorial At The Beaverton Veterans Memorial Park Beaverton, Oregon 11 November 2008

摘要

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great privilege to be here at the Beaverton Veterans Memorial Park this morning to dedicate USS ALBACORE (SS 218) memorial. Commander Marv Doty and the membership of American Legion Post 124, your motto is "For God and Country," and your organization has thus served with distinction for nearly 90 years. Thank you for your effort, with the United States Submarine Veterans Incorporated (USSVI), to build this magnificent memorial to the crew of USS ALBACORE (SS 218). To the BLUEBACK Base of United States Submarine Veterans and all the submarine veterans with us today: gentlemen, perhaps later today we can head on down to your namesake submarine, the 581 boat. Once below decks, let's tell sea stories that would amuse a submariner and no one else (of course, the story that always gets told is the one about the time so-and-so ignored the sign that says "head secured, blowing sanitaries"). We'll act like we own the place-which we do-and, in general, behave in that obnoxious but loveable way that distinguishes us as qualified in submarines. By the way, if, after all these years, you still don't believe you're obnoxious when you act that way, just ask your wife.