A Veteran salute - 11-11-21

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Charlestown, SC

The USS Yorktown (CV-10), a WWII aircraft carrier has been restored and is an open to the public memorial at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, SC.

We stayed at the local hotel near the memorial so we could tour it before going on an anniversary cruse out of Charleston. We’ve toured almost all of the USN ship museums/memorials over the years.

There is a lot of very good parking at the memorial and a nice park area with a great view of the newest bridge from Mount Pleasant to Charleston.

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LCDR Scott Spicer was the first combat casualty in the Iraq war. His F/A-18 aircraft was shot down and he went missing for many years (2009).

At the time he was shot down he was a member of navy squadron VFA-81 home based at Naval Air Station Cecil Field, FL. His squadron was commanded by Commander Naval Air Wing 17 operating off the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.

The aircraft pictured here is a tribute to him and is on display at Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL. He was posthumously promoted to Captain.


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LCDR Scott Spicer was the first combat casualty in the Iraq war. His F/A-18 aircraft was shot down and he went missing for many years (2009).

At the time he was shot down he was a member of navy squadron VFA-81 home based at Naval Air Station Cecil Field, FL. When his aircraft was shot down his squadron was commanded by Commander Naval Air Wing 17 operating off the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.

The aircraft pictured here is a tribute to him and is on display at Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL. He was posthumously promoted to Captain.


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Proper name spelling .... Speicher.