Arizona's Silent Service Memorial.
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ASSM Paver
Installation
Perch Base USSVI member and Arizona Silent Service Memorial (ASSM) President Joe Trotter, Perch Base Life Member
Vic Van Horn, Perch Base Life Member and Webmaster Dan Marks, & Associate Member David Hibsher conducted cleanup activities and
installed a new paver at the ASSM in Wesley Bolin Plaza at the Arizona State Capital on June 24, 2026. (Sorry, I had no photos of
David.) Other activity since Monday, June 22,
included professional painters repainting the chain boundary around the Memorial and the submarine at the top of the Memorial.
The Barbel Base USSVI, in Yuma, Arizona ordered the new 8" x 8" paver in memory of USSVI National Life member,
Holland Club, WWII Subvet, and Barbel Base Charter Member William P. Gaddis.
Contact Joe Trotter at (724) 854-0514 if you would like to place a paver. They are available in 8" x 8" and 4" x 8" sizes.
Paver order forms are available at the bottom of this page.
Click on any thumbnail for a larger picture.
The Arizona Silent Service Memorial (ASSM) in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in front of the Arizona State Capital.
The area was masked off by the professional painters to prevent overspray. The submarine has been painted with its primer coat.
The chain boundary has also been painted. The base will likely be re-painted this fall.
Men at work.
Men at work.
The Arizona Silent Service Memorial (ASSM) in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in front of the Arizona State Capital.
Photo taken after the painters were finished.
The Arizona Silent Service Memorial (ASSM) in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in front of the Arizona State Capital.
Photo taken after the painters were finished.
The Arizona Silent Service Memorial (ASSM) in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in front of the Arizona State Capital.
Photo taken after the painters were finished.
Perch Base Life Member & ASSM President, Joe Trotter, cleaning plant debris out of a rock bed.
Perch Base Life Member & ASSM President, Joe Trotter, installing the new paver.
Perch Base Life Member Vic Van Horn cleaning up the ASSM Memorial.
Perch Base Life Member & Base Webmaster, Dan Marks, cleaning up after the new paver was installed. Dan also performed the inglorius task of cleaning the bird poop off the railings and plaques.
The new 8" x 8" paver in memory of USSVI National Life member, Holland Club, WWII Subvet, and
Barbel Base Charter Member William P. Gaddis.
Thanks to the Barbel Base USSVI, in Yuma, Arizona that ordered the new paver.
The new paver location from farther away to get perspective of it's location.
The new paver location from farther away to get perspective of it's location.
Left-click to open the ORDER FORM for an 8" x 8" paver.
Left-click to open the ORDER FORM for a 4" x 8" paver.
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