When: Saturday, March 20, 10 a.m.
Where: California State University, Fresno. Maple Mall. Enter off Shaw Avenue
onto Maple Avenue. Park in marked stalls.
Who: Fresno Chapter of United States Submarine Veterans of World War II
and the Wahoo Base of the United States Submarine
Veterans Inc.
Backgrnd: The organizations will dedicate six tulip trees to honor six lost
submarines and crew members. The six trees join the existing 59 trees already dedicated to submariners on the mall.
The ceremony includes “tolling of the boats,” in which the sub’s name, how it was lost and the number of men lost are announced and a bell is tolled. For each, a submarine veteran will salute an American flag posted at the tree and a submariner’s wife will place a flower at the base of the tree, next to a marker listing the name of the boat and date lost.
Information: www.wahoobase.com. Also, submarine veterans who served on the boats being memorialized are available for interviews. Call Shirley at 278-5292 or 593-1815 to make arrangements.
