Jess, looks like you guys had all the fun. The History Channel had the
parade live on cable and I caught part of it before I left to do a display
at our local musuem that has the two P40's they used in the Pearl movie.
Looked like a great time.
> [Original Message]
> From: Jess Minton <pd.minton@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Date: 12/8/01 9:19:23 PM
> Subject: [MV] Back from New Orleans
>
> Hey Gang...
> What a great time at the Grand Opening of the D-Day museums Operation
> Pacific Legacy.. I don't think I can top a weekend like that with my jeep
> ever again..
> The Parade was huge with 12 Medal of Honor winners.. luckily enough I got
> one to
> ride in my 42 GPW and we made it the whole 2.6 miles with nothing more
that
> a little
> smoke.. 2 others had to be towed or limped back before the end of the
parade.
> The Arrowhead Chapter and 6th Corps met for lunch on Bourbon Street in the
> French Quarter and staged our own parade from there to the convention
> center. The New Orleans
> CBS affiliate has a slide show with some great photos of the vehicles
> including
> several jeeps, command cars, a Stewart and a Greyhound.
> http://www.wwltv.com
> The Re-enacting the next day was great with the Confederate Air Force in
TORA,
> TORA, TORA, and an actual beach landing using a Higgins boat to put some
> Marines in harms way in front of the Imperial Japanese Infantry.. our
Marines
> took out the Japs without much problem :)
> I hope every one had as good as time remembering Pearl Harbor as we did!!
> Jess Minton
> Arlington, TX
> 42 GPW
>
>
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