Memorial Day Services at WW II Submarine Memorial
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES TO BE HELD AT WWII SUBMARINE MEMORIAL . . . ABOARD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION SEAL BEACH
SEAL BEACH, CALIF. The United States National Submarine Memorial West, located at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, will be the site of annual public Memorial Day services Monday, May 30.
The 11:00 am observance will include the emotional “tolling the boats” ceremony, during which the name of each of the 52 U.S. submarines lost during World War Two is read aloud, along with the fate of each crew, as a bell is tolled.
The guest speaker will be Commander Brien W. Dickson, the Commanding Officer of the attack submarine USS Jefferson City (SSN 759).
The free event will be open to the public and is hosted by the Los Angeles Area “Diesel Boaters” Chapter of the U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II, and the Los Angeles-Pasadena Base of the United States Submarine Veterans, Inc.
The submarine memorial is located aboard the Naval Weapons Station at 800 Seal Beach Boulevard, between Westminster Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway, in the City of Seal Beach.
(Editor’s note: We’ve gone to the submarine memorial on Seal Beach Blvd. on several occasions. It is a very emotional monument when one looks at the losses these brave men had during the early years of the war. One can only imagine what a moving experience this will be for all those present next Monday.)
For more information contact the Naval Weapons Station Public Affairs Officer, Mr. Gregg Smith, at (562) 626-7215. More information about the National Submarine Memorial site is also available online at http://www.cnic.navy.mil/SealBeach/index.htm.
My name is Rene A. Valtier & I’m a Navy-veteran who served aboard The USS New Jersey FROM 1983-1987. My father is Arturo Valtier & I believe the only surviving W.W.2 USS PIPEFISH SUBMARINE VETERAN WHO IS 87 YRS OLD. I plan on taking my father to this Memorial Day weekend event next monday at 11am at Naval Weapons Station at Seal Beach. Very proud!