OUR BROW
BANNER PROJECT COMES TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION
BOWFIN PARK PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
April 27, 2005 great News!! The Brow Banner has been completed and is underway
for Pearl Harbour and the Bowfin Museum. The series of e-mail below will
explain what has happened since Dick's last e-mail above. The next bulletin will
include pix of the presentation and our banner hanging in its rightful place.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 7:35
Paul;
Be advised that the revised, corrected banner is in the mail to Ms. Nancy
Richards, Curator of the Bowfin Museum. Its appearance, and finish is better
than I expected. well equipped with grommetts for hanging, the
accompaning letter to Nancy, expresses our feeling that a 'wrong' will be made
'right' with the removal of the 'stinkin lincoln' banner and the 587 banner
being properly placed over the SSGN replica presently on display.
John Peters has gratiously agreed to do the honors! Please get the word out! I
just looked at the web sites after overhaul. I say, Matey, you made a clean
sweep. BZ!
D.E. Kanning
Friday, April 29, 2005 1:02 PM
Dick,
Please send me a copy of the letter to Ms. Richards, and I'll get it on
line. If you don't have a digital copy just US Mail me a copy and I'll scan
it.
John, please don't forget to get some pix of the presentation and the
hanging banner. We also need to get those on line.
"I just love it when a plan comes together" (from the A Team).
Overall-
A STERLING PERFORMANCE BY ALCON...BZ - BX.Very Best Regards,
Paul
BTW: John, the only other shipmate on the sailing list living in paradise
is:
H G. W. EMCM(SS)
Might he be interested in assisting you? Naturally at your convenience.
Friday, April 29, 2005 2:29 PM
Paul,
I talked to Nancy (Curator) yesterday.
She's expecting the banner and overjoyed that it is finally ready. We'll
do an appropriate ceremony when I get back to Hawaii. I'm flying to CONUS
for the Dayton Hamvention, the Navy League Board Meeting and the Naval
Submarine League meeting. Back in June.
Aloha
John
Thursday July 14, 2005 John Peters:
...It has been very difficult to get
everyone into the Bowfin Museum at the same time, SO, I cornered CAPT
Hofwolt and Nancy (curator) took the photos with Jerry and I in various
places around the HALIBUT exhibit....IF we have a Halibut reunion in
Hawaii, we'll get a crowd photo.
Three cameras so with luck a few of the
photos will be good...
The new banner looks GREAT and we have more
dedicated to HALIBUT than to any other submarine in the museum. BIG
MODEL, BANNER, PLAQUE, SMALL MODEL, SEVERAL BOOKS. Of course that is
as it should be.
John
Sunday July 17, 2005 Dick Kanning:
...Nice job on the pics! Ran into an Army major who had just
returned from PH and had visited the Bowfin Museum and distinctly
thought the 587 display was SUPER! I ran into him at Ft. Eustis, on
our way to visit the SSN-777, North Carolina. Obviously, the efforts
are not in vain!
THE USS HALIBUT DISPLAY AT THE USS BOWFIN SUBMARINE MUSEUM
WITH THE APPROPRIATE BANNER
Jerry Hofwolt Capt
USN (SS) Ret, head of the Bowfin Museum, and our own Capt. John Peters
(left)pose
with the Brow Banner after its presentation
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ROGER PRESENTS THE USS HALIBUT HELM CONTROL WHEEL TO BOB BURT
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ROGER AND CAPT. MORRISON, BUZZ
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