Tuesday October 25, 2011
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City Tour of San Diego TOUR # 1
City Tour of San Diego TOUR # 1
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 |  |  Who put this stop on this tour? |
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 |  |  How much did you say that was? |
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 |  |  Nancy & Ron Lourens - Jullie & John Bolster - Joyce & Eugene Kilmer |
 |  |  I am now sorry I signed up for the next tour which leaves right after this one. Oh well! |
1600
Trip to Viejas Casino and Shopping Center TOUR # 2 Squadrons & Shipmates paid for this tour and it was FREE to all attendees
Trip to Viejas Casino and Shopping Center TOUR # 2 Squadrons & Shipmates paid for this tour and it was FREE to all attendees
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| No cameras are allowed in any casino |
Wednesday October 26, 2011
0830
First bus load to USS Midway Museum TOUR # 3
First bus load to USS Midway Museum TOUR # 3
 |  |  Joe Jankowski & Dennis Flerlage admiring the plaques |
 | There she is USS Midway  |  Ron & Carolyn Deering of USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 |
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 |  |  Thanks for the memories, Bob |
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 |  |  Many watches were spent on the fantail |
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 | Notice on the superstructure of USS Midway the 8 decals of MiGs which were shot down by pilots of USS Midway. There are 3 members of Squadrons & Shipmates who are responsible for at least two of those MiGs.  |  |
0915
Second bus load to USS Midway Museum TOUR # 4
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 |  |  Oh no! Bob Bostley fell asleep on the the bridge. |
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 |  |  Watch out Norman Needles is at the controls |
 |  |  Joe Cubalchini of FDR remove that Midway Captain |
 John Cantor our most senior member at 94 threw all those youngins off the bridge |  |  |
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Time for a catered gourmet lunch on the port sponson deck
1130
Lunch
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 |  |  Marion Bostley is smiling because Bob made it down from the bridge. At last year's reunion he was in a wheelchair most of the time. WOW! |
 |  |  Is this tour almost over yet? No Honey, we still have to go to the Restoration Hangar |
Lunch Break is over back to the tours
1230
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 |  Al Wedemeyer - Founder points to the names two guest speakers at Saturday night's banquet |  Fighter pilot Lt. David Batson points to his own name on an F4 phantom. Dave shot down one of the first MiGs of the Viet Nam War, 3 seconds after CDR Louis C. Page & John C. Smith shot down the first one. Now a Captain, John C. Smith is also a Lifetime Member in Squadrons & Shipmates. He was the 1st Squadron CDR of the "Top Gun" school. |
1430
First bus load to Restoration Hangar at North Island Tour # 5
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1530
Second bus load to Restoration Hangar Tour # 6
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1815
Vehicles are ready to take all refreshed attendees
to the Champagne Dinner Cruise Tour # 7 Champagne Dinner Cruise on San Diego Bay
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Let the dancing begin
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 USS Midway at night |  |  |
 There seems to be a ghost in the harbor |  We are in BIG TROUBLE now |  Well the party animals made it home safely |