Perch Base
Pearl Harbor Day
Fifteen Perch Base members and their guests attended the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day event on 12/07/2021 at the Wesley Bolin Plaza by the
Arizona State Capitol to place wreaths during the ceremony.
We placed two wreaths. One for the WW2 Submarine Veterans and one for Perch Base.
VIPs in attendance included The Honorable Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James "Jim" Drake as the Master of Ceremonies;
Governor Doug Ducey; Arizona Department of Veterans' Services Director, Col. Wanda Wright; Jewish War Veterans National Vice Commander,
Alan D. Paley; and Keynote Speaker Executive Officer, Navy Talent Acquistion Group Phoenix, Commander Kevin M. "KK" Kahl.
First, some pictures of our Perch Base members.
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(Front row, l-r) Life Member & Perch Base Treasurer Joe Trotter; Life Member & Perch Base Past Commander
W. Howard Doyle, Jr.; Holland Club & Life Member & Perch Base Commander George Woods; Holland Club & Life Member
& Perch Base Vice Commander Carl Miner; Submarine qualified visitor Dennis McGarry (USS Barb, SSN-596 veteran.)
(Second row, l-r) Army National Guard veteran Joseph Posniack (Father of Perch Base Life Member Glenn Posniack;) active duty
MM3 Greg Posniack who just graduated from Naval Nuclear Power School in Charleston, SC last week,(Son of Perch Base Life
Member Glenn Posniack.)
And some pictures of the WW2 veterans in attendance.
The Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Program begins.
One of the WWII veterans was Fannie Griffin McClendon, who enlisted in the Army during WW2 and retired from the Air Force as a Major after 26.5 years. She deployed with the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion. "The Six Triple Eight" was the only all-black Women's Army Corp battalion sent to Europe during WWII.
If you have never been to the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, here's a virtual tour of the many memorials, including the Arizona Silent Service Memorial, adjacent to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Follow this LINK to the tour of Wesley Bolin Plaza.
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