The AARP Meeting to feature the USS Abner Read is November 18, 2019,
The next meeting of the AARP chapter will be November 18, 2019 at Mountview Presbyterian Church, 5308 Hartmen Ave. The event will begin with a neen lunch followed by a presentation by Michael Davis, a United States Navy Veteran and AARP volunteer. He will share the story of the USS Abner Read (DD526), the only U.S. Navy ship known to have been sunk 1 1/2 times during WW2.
Davis will discuss how 71 crew members perished on August 18, 1943 in the cold waters off the coast of Alaska. Then less than 15 months later, an additional 24 shipmates gavet the ultimate sacrifice in the Leyte Gulf off the coast of the Philippines on November 1, 1944.
For reservations call Gerry Goldsborough at 402-571-0971. Rides to the meeting are available calling Ruth Kruse at 402-453-4825.