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In about 2-1/2 hours I will march in the GR parade up Division Ave. to Veterans Park services.

Muskegon,Mi {about 45 minutes NW of GR} has a WWII sub [at the pier] at a Naval Museum. It is open to the public and for $25.00 you can spend the night on board (the USS Silversides) and eat in the galley. There is also the USCGC McLane, an authentic 1927 Prohibition-era vessel used to scout out the illegal sale and transportation of alcohol during the ''Roaring 20's".

The story of Silversides started in 1941, eight days after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. She was put into action in the Pacific fleet of US ships. It was here she roamed the waters of enemy shipping lanes on the East China Sea. Because of her perilous duty, she earned the nickname "the Lucky Boat." Miraculously, only one person, a torpedo man, was killed in action. That came about on the ship's first war patrol.

Silversides was credited with sinking or damaging war targets on 14 patrols during WWII. When the war was over, the submarine was used as a training boat in the Chicago area on Lake Michigan. Today, she is shipshape, since she was last refurbished in 1945. During the week, Monday thru Thursday , for $25.00 you can spend the night on board and eat in the galley...it's $29.00 Friday thru Sunday. (Groups can stay on board the sub or the Coast Guard Cutter).

Sounds like fun....how about a reunion in Grand Rapids in the future?? We have lots of accommodations and a lot of great restuarants. We also have the President Gerald R. Ford Museum and burial site. [Mr Ford was a LCDR in the USNavy during WWII]. The museum has a repo of the President's Office in the White House and has changeing exhibits throughout the year.

Hoping all my shipmates have a safe Memorial Holiday weekend and participate in the services in your area. God Bless and smooth sailing.

Skip Neff