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I was at the reunion earlier this
month and Steve Dengler and Steve Tupper
both suggested I contact you to include
on your website information as to how
your members (or those of any other
ship) can get their names engraved in
bricks. The bricks make up a couple of
walkways at the Navy Memorial Park in
Long Beach, California.
It's a good chance to literally
engrave in stone your service or in
memorium of another person. I made
sales of some bricks with several more
outstanding until the purchasers can
think of what they want engraved on
them. I'm holding off ordering until
December 7th. However, orders from
those ordering from your website and
were not at the reunion can be sent in
anytime for a later installation.
The centerpiece will be an 8" X 8"
engraving of the ship's crest:
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Personal bricks of Mispillion
veterans will be place around the
crest. Below is an example of a
memorial brick (of a man I went to high
school with) and some photos of the
park.
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Below is a view of the Park looking
South from the Aquarium of the Pacific.
The Queen Mary is quite visible in the
background.
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Below is the crest of the USS Frank E.
Evans commemorating the lost crewmen
when the ship was rammed by an Aircraft
Carrier.
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This 18,000 lb stocked anchor was
salvaged from the harbor bottom by a
local boat
repair company. Research indicates it
was lost by one of the Battleships of
Teddy
Roosevelt's Great White Fleet.
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The bricks on the main pathway of the
park commemorating the former employees
of the (now plowed under for a parking
lot) Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
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And finally the form for ordering the
bricks: Though there are "only" 18
spaces, the maker assures me that they
can get all 21 letters and spaces for
USS MISSPILLION AO-105
on one line because of the number of
narrow letters and digits.
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Thank you for your consideration.
Richard A. Landgraff
President, Friends of the Navy Assoc.
3503 E. La Jara Street
Long Beach, CA 90805-3955
(562) 531-6317
Historian Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Member Iowa Class Preservation Assoc.
Member Long Beach Historical Museum
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