VANCOUVER , WA - 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VJ DAY AUG. 2005 PHOTOS . . .
 20 mm stand created through Chuck Kellogg |
 Chuck Kellogg with 20 mm |
 Bob Alton with 20 mm |
 20 mm on bow |
 Frank Lesage |
 View through 40 mm |
 John Akin, Ken Nissen and Harry Wiedmaier |
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 Bob Herbst with mop |
 Dick Lowe with family |
 A group of vets waiting for show to start |
 Dick Lowe being interviewed |
 Various WWII vets on PT boat |
 USCGC Bluebell |
 Rolf Bruckner being interviewed |
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 USCGC Orcas |
 All hands salute |
 Pass in review |
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 Passing under I-5 bridge |
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 Fireboat salute |
 Jets flyover |
 WWII vets go up to ceremony |
 Speeches by mayor and others |
 Assembled guests |
 Pearl Harbor Vet George Bennett |
 Manning the 50 Cal machine guns |
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 Harry Wiedmaier all decked out |
 Sea Scouts with bagpipe |
 Remembrance Wall |
 WWII vet at the helm |
 1943 Indian |
 Thompson machine gun |
 'Save the PT boat' display |
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 PT 658 at Vancouver dock |
 20 mm silhouette |
 Wally Boerger explaining the torpedo director |
 Twin 50 Cal manned |
 Harry Wiedmaier with Harry Doem and wife presenting 48 star flag off USS Barnett |
 Start the Packards |
 John Akin with Vancouver police |
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 Group with Beaty Lay (Ron 11) and grandson Chris Ravert |
 Off from Vancouver |
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 Return to Swan Island |
 USS Barnett APA-11 |
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