American Legion Post 50 SAL 50 New York USA
| 2008 Pelham Post 50 / SAL Release |
The American Legion
For God and Country
PELHAM POST 50,
The Department of New York
Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 50
BOX 293, PELHAM, NY 10803
USA
For Immediate Release: Friday August 29, 2008
Contact: Ken Kraetzer (914) 450-9554 kgk914@aol.com
or John Chuhran, (914) 380-4877 or jtchuhran@aol.com
Pelham NY Post 50 SAL 50 Will Honor 65th Anniversary of Loss of WWII Submarine USS
Wahoo
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Oct. 11th Ceremony near New York City will Remember legendary Submarine CDR Dudley “Mush”
Morton
On Saturday October 11th, Pelham Post 50 of the American Legion and Sons of the American Legion
Squadron 50 plan a ceremony to honor the memory of the most famous submarine of WWII, the USS
Wahoo (SS 238) and its crew, on the 65th anniversary of its loss in battle off of the coast of Japan.
Doug Morton, the son of USS Wahoo CDR Dudley Morton is expected to attend the event. The
ceremony is planned for 11 AM at the Pelham New York Veteran’s Memorial Park located just north of
New York City.
Retired Pelham Memorial High School science instructor Jerry Mele, a WWII veteran of the USS
Blackfin, related to Post 50 SAL 50 members the story of the Pelham connection to the famed WWII
submarine USS Wahoo and its legendary commander Dudley “Mush” Morton. The Wahoo was famed
in early 1943 for feats such as sinking an entire convoy of enemy ships in the Pacific War and
returning to Pearl Harbor with a broom attached to its mast. This well publicized incident, portrayed
on a mural at the US Navy Memorial in Washington DC, provided a lift to the nation during the dark
early years of WWII. Sadly the Wahoo was lost off the coast of Japan on Oct. 11th 1943. After the
war, CDR Morton’s widow remarried and the family moved to Pelham where his two children attended
Pelham schools.
The 65th anniversary ceremony will be held at Pelham’s Veterans Memorial Park or the nearby
Daronco Town Center in case of inclement weather. Pelham is located just north of New York City in
Westchester County and is easily reached by I95, the Hutchinson River Parkway, or Metro North
Train. The US Navy plans to support the event with a speaker and color guard. Doug Morton, a 1957
graduate of PMHS, is traveling from Denver to participate.
All interested veterans are invited to attend. Reservations are appreciated. Please email Ken
Kraetzer at kgk914@aol.com or call 914-630-3457.
Updates about the event will be available on www.legionpost50ny.com.
An excellent description of the Wahoo and the 2007 ceremony held in honor of its crew at Pearl
Harbor, HA can be found on http://war-fish.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html
The American Legion, with 2.7 million members, is the world's largest veteran's association. The
Department of New York is one of The American Legion’s largest state organizations with 1,003 local
“Posts” and membership of more than 170,000 Legionnaires. Post 50 Pelham, N.Y., commanded in
2008-2009 by Frank Barbieri organizes Pelham's Memorial Day parade and has served as a New
York City Fleet Week host the past six years.
Throughout the year, Post 50 conducts a variety of other projects to support veterans and the local
community. In 2005, Post 50 initiated ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of
the Italian Campaign of World War II at the American Battle Monument Commission maintained military
cemeteries at Florence and Nettuno, Italy.
In 2009 the Post and its SAL Squadron are planning a trip to Normandy France for the 65th
Anniversary of D-Day.More information is available at www.legionpost50ny.com
(-30-)
Kenneth G. Kraetzer
Sons of the American Legion
Squadron 50,
21 Grandview Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605
First Vice Commander, Westchester County
Vice Commander, New York State Legislative and Public Relations Committees
Host: WVOX.com 1460 AM "Westchester Veterans Segment"
Direct 914-630-3457 c914-450-9554
Email: KGK914@AOL.com
www.Legionpost50ny.com
For God and Country
PELHAM POST 50,
The Department of New York
Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 50
BOX 293, PELHAM, NY 10803
USA
For Immediate Release: Friday August 29, 2008
Contact: Ken Kraetzer (914) 450-9554 kgk914@aol.com
or John Chuhran, (914) 380-4877 or jtchuhran@aol.com
Pelham NY Post 50 SAL 50 Will Honor 65th Anniversary of Loss of WWII Submarine USS
Wahoo
---------------------------
Oct. 11th Ceremony near New York City will Remember legendary Submarine CDR Dudley “Mush”
Morton
On Saturday October 11th, Pelham Post 50 of the American Legion and Sons of the American Legion
Squadron 50 plan a ceremony to honor the memory of the most famous submarine of WWII, the USS
Wahoo (SS 238) and its crew, on the 65th anniversary of its loss in battle off of the coast of Japan.
Doug Morton, the son of USS Wahoo CDR Dudley Morton is expected to attend the event. The
ceremony is planned for 11 AM at the Pelham New York Veteran’s Memorial Park located just north of
New York City.
Retired Pelham Memorial High School science instructor Jerry Mele, a WWII veteran of the USS
Blackfin, related to Post 50 SAL 50 members the story of the Pelham connection to the famed WWII
submarine USS Wahoo and its legendary commander Dudley “Mush” Morton. The Wahoo was famed
in early 1943 for feats such as sinking an entire convoy of enemy ships in the Pacific War and
returning to Pearl Harbor with a broom attached to its mast. This well publicized incident, portrayed
on a mural at the US Navy Memorial in Washington DC, provided a lift to the nation during the dark
early years of WWII. Sadly the Wahoo was lost off the coast of Japan on Oct. 11th 1943. After the
war, CDR Morton’s widow remarried and the family moved to Pelham where his two children attended
Pelham schools.
The 65th anniversary ceremony will be held at Pelham’s Veterans Memorial Park or the nearby
Daronco Town Center in case of inclement weather. Pelham is located just north of New York City in
Westchester County and is easily reached by I95, the Hutchinson River Parkway, or Metro North
Train. The US Navy plans to support the event with a speaker and color guard. Doug Morton, a 1957
graduate of PMHS, is traveling from Denver to participate.
All interested veterans are invited to attend. Reservations are appreciated. Please email Ken
Kraetzer at kgk914@aol.com or call 914-630-3457.
Updates about the event will be available on www.legionpost50ny.com.
An excellent description of the Wahoo and the 2007 ceremony held in honor of its crew at Pearl
Harbor, HA can be found on http://war-fish.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html
The American Legion, with 2.7 million members, is the world's largest veteran's association. The
Department of New York is one of The American Legion’s largest state organizations with 1,003 local
“Posts” and membership of more than 170,000 Legionnaires. Post 50 Pelham, N.Y., commanded in
2008-2009 by Frank Barbieri organizes Pelham's Memorial Day parade and has served as a New
York City Fleet Week host the past six years.
Throughout the year, Post 50 conducts a variety of other projects to support veterans and the local
community. In 2005, Post 50 initiated ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of
the Italian Campaign of World War II at the American Battle Monument Commission maintained military
cemeteries at Florence and Nettuno, Italy.
In 2009 the Post and its SAL Squadron are planning a trip to Normandy France for the 65th
Anniversary of D-Day.More information is available at www.legionpost50ny.com
(-30-)
Kenneth G. Kraetzer
Sons of the American Legion
Squadron 50,
21 Grandview Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605
First Vice Commander, Westchester County
Vice Commander, New York State Legislative and Public Relations Committees
Host: WVOX.com 1460 AM "Westchester Veterans Segment"
Direct 914-630-3457 c914-450-9554
Email: KGK914@AOL.com
www.Legionpost50ny.com
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The American Legion
For God and Country
PELHAM POST 50,
The Department of New York
Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 50
BOX 293, PELHAM, NY 10803
USA
For Immediate Release Contact: Ken Kraetzer (914) 450-9554 kgk914@aol.com
John Chuhran, (914) 380-4877
Oct. 11th Pelham NY Event Will Remember WWII Submarine USS Wahoo and legendary CO “Mush”
Morton
---------------------------
Local Native who became US Submarine Commander will be featured speaker, US Navy Band to
perform
Pelham, N.Y., October 2, 2008. On Saturday October 11th, Pelham Post 50 of the American Legion
and Sons of the American Legion Squadron 50 plan a ceremony to honor the memory of the most
famous submarine of WWII, the USS Wahoo (SS 238) and its crew, on the 65th anniversary of its loss
in battle off of the coast of Japan. Doug Morton, the son of USS Wahoo CDR Dudley Morton is
expected to attend the event. The ceremony is planned for 11 AM at the Daronco Town House at 20
Fifth Avenue in Pelham New York just north of New York City.
Retired Pelham Memorial High School science instructor Jerry Mele, a WWII veteran of the USS
Blackfin, related to Post 50 SAL 50 members the story of the Pelham connection to the famed WWII
submarine USS Wahoo and its legendary commander Dudley “Mush” Morton. The Wahoo was famed
in early 1943 for feats such as sinking an entire convoy of enemy ships in the Pacific War and
returning to Pearl Harbor with a broom attached to its mast. This well publicized incident, portrayed
on a mural at the US Navy Memorial in Washington DC, provided a lift to the nation during the dark
early years of WWII. Sadly the Wahoo was lost off the west coast of Japan on Oct. 11th 1943. After
the war, CDR Morton’s widow remarried and the family moved to Pelham where his two children
attended Pelham schools.
The US Naval Academy Alumni Association is supporting the event which honors the memory of its
1930 graduate Dudley Morton, by nominating the speaker for the day, CAPT Raymond D. Woolrich,
USN (RET.) a 1966 graduate of Annapolis who went on to be the Commanding Officer of the nuclear
Submarine USS Trepang SSN 674) in 1983.
Capt. Woolrich is a native of Mt. Vernon who attended St. Catharine’s school in Pelham, Archbishop
Stepinac High School in White Plains, Cornell University before entering Annapolis. Captain Woolrich
currently works for Sonalysts Inc. as a Principal Analyst and as the Naval Advisor to the Commanding
Officer of the Submarine Medical Research Laboratory in Groton. He is also the President of the
Nautilus Chapter of the Naval Submarine League and the Vice President of the Submarine Force
Library and Museum Association.
The US Navy Band based in Newport RI is also expected to perform prior to the event.Annapolis.
The US Navy plans to support the event with a speaker and color guard. Doug Morton, the son of
CRD Morton and a 1957 graduate of PMHS, is traveling from Denver to participate. Members of the
US Submarine Veterans Association are planning to participate. The ceremony will include a reading
of the names of the 80 crewmembers of the Wahoo and contain a remembrance of the more than 50
American submarines lost in service. A lunch will follow at the Villa Nova Restaurant in Pelham, for
reservations please call John Chuhran at 914-380-4877
The 65th anniversary ceremony will be held at Pelham’s Daronco Town House adjacent to the Town
Hall and Veteran’s Memorial Park. Pelham is located just north of New York City in Westchester
County and is easily reached by I95, the Hutchinson River Parkway, or Metro North Train.
All interested veterans are invited to attend. Reservations are appreciated. Please email Ken
Kraetzer at kgk914@aol.com or call 914-630-3457.
Updates about the event will be available on www.legionpost50ny.com.
An excellent description of the Wahoo and the 2007 ceremony held in honor of its crew at Pearl
Harbor, HA can be found on http://war-fish.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html
The American Legion, with 2.7 million members, is the world's largest veteran's association. The
Department of New York is one of The American Legion’s largest state organizations with 1,003 local
“Posts” and membership of more than 170,000 Legionnaires. Post 50 Pelham, N.Y., commanded in
2008-2009 by Frank Barbieri organizes Pelham's Memorial Day parade and has served as a New
York City Fleet Week host the past six years.
Throughout the year, Post 50 conducts a variety of other projects to support veterans and the local
community. In 2005, Post 50 initiated ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of
the Italian Campaign of World War II at the American Battle Monument Commission maintained military
cemeteries at Florence and Nettuno, Italy. In 2009 the Post and its SAL Squadron are planning a trip
to Normandy France for the 65th Anniversary of D-Day. More information is available at www.
legionpost50ny.com
(-30-)
Kenneth G. Kraetzer
Sons of the American Legion
Squadron 50,
21 Grandview Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605
First Vice Commander, Westchester County
Vice Commander, New York State Legislative and Public Relations Committees
21 Grandview Avenue, White Plains, New York 10605
Host: WVOX.com 1460 AM "Westchester Veterans Segment"
Direct 914-630-3457 c914-450-9554
Email: KGK914@AOL.com
www.Legionpost50ny.com
For God and Country
PELHAM POST 50,
The Department of New York
Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 50
BOX 293, PELHAM, NY 10803
USA
For Immediate Release Contact: Ken Kraetzer (914) 450-9554 kgk914@aol.com
John Chuhran, (914) 380-4877
Oct. 11th Pelham NY Event Will Remember WWII Submarine USS Wahoo and legendary CO “Mush”
Morton
---------------------------
Local Native who became US Submarine Commander will be featured speaker, US Navy Band to
perform
Pelham, N.Y., October 2, 2008. On Saturday October 11th, Pelham Post 50 of the American Legion
and Sons of the American Legion Squadron 50 plan a ceremony to honor the memory of the most
famous submarine of WWII, the USS Wahoo (SS 238) and its crew, on the 65th anniversary of its loss
in battle off of the coast of Japan. Doug Morton, the son of USS Wahoo CDR Dudley Morton is
expected to attend the event. The ceremony is planned for 11 AM at the Daronco Town House at 20
Fifth Avenue in Pelham New York just north of New York City.
Retired Pelham Memorial High School science instructor Jerry Mele, a WWII veteran of the USS
Blackfin, related to Post 50 SAL 50 members the story of the Pelham connection to the famed WWII
submarine USS Wahoo and its legendary commander Dudley “Mush” Morton. The Wahoo was famed
in early 1943 for feats such as sinking an entire convoy of enemy ships in the Pacific War and
returning to Pearl Harbor with a broom attached to its mast. This well publicized incident, portrayed
on a mural at the US Navy Memorial in Washington DC, provided a lift to the nation during the dark
early years of WWII. Sadly the Wahoo was lost off the west coast of Japan on Oct. 11th 1943. After
the war, CDR Morton’s widow remarried and the family moved to Pelham where his two children
attended Pelham schools.
The US Naval Academy Alumni Association is supporting the event which honors the memory of its
1930 graduate Dudley Morton, by nominating the speaker for the day, CAPT Raymond D. Woolrich,
USN (RET.) a 1966 graduate of Annapolis who went on to be the Commanding Officer of the nuclear
Submarine USS Trepang SSN 674) in 1983.
Capt. Woolrich is a native of Mt. Vernon who attended St. Catharine’s school in Pelham, Archbishop
Stepinac High School in White Plains, Cornell University before entering Annapolis. Captain Woolrich
currently works for Sonalysts Inc. as a Principal Analyst and as the Naval Advisor to the Commanding
Officer of the Submarine Medical Research Laboratory in Groton. He is also the President of the
Nautilus Chapter of the Naval Submarine League and the Vice President of the Submarine Force
Library and Museum Association.
The US Navy Band based in Newport RI is also expected to perform prior to the event.Annapolis.
The US Navy plans to support the event with a speaker and color guard. Doug Morton, the son of
CRD Morton and a 1957 graduate of PMHS, is traveling from Denver to participate. Members of the
US Submarine Veterans Association are planning to participate. The ceremony will include a reading
of the names of the 80 crewmembers of the Wahoo and contain a remembrance of the more than 50
American submarines lost in service. A lunch will follow at the Villa Nova Restaurant in Pelham, for
reservations please call John Chuhran at 914-380-4877
The 65th anniversary ceremony will be held at Pelham’s Daronco Town House adjacent to the Town
Hall and Veteran’s Memorial Park. Pelham is located just north of New York City in Westchester
County and is easily reached by I95, the Hutchinson River Parkway, or Metro North Train.
All interested veterans are invited to attend. Reservations are appreciated. Please email Ken
Kraetzer at kgk914@aol.com or call 914-630-3457.
Updates about the event will be available on www.legionpost50ny.com.
An excellent description of the Wahoo and the 2007 ceremony held in honor of its crew at Pearl
Harbor, HA can be found on http://war-fish.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html
The American Legion, with 2.7 million members, is the world's largest veteran's association. The
Department of New York is one of The American Legion’s largest state organizations with 1,003 local
“Posts” and membership of more than 170,000 Legionnaires. Post 50 Pelham, N.Y., commanded in
2008-2009 by Frank Barbieri organizes Pelham's Memorial Day parade and has served as a New
York City Fleet Week host the past six years.
Throughout the year, Post 50 conducts a variety of other projects to support veterans and the local
community. In 2005, Post 50 initiated ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of
the Italian Campaign of World War II at the American Battle Monument Commission maintained military
cemeteries at Florence and Nettuno, Italy. In 2009 the Post and its SAL Squadron are planning a trip
to Normandy France for the 65th Anniversary of D-Day. More information is available at www.
legionpost50ny.com
(-30-)
Kenneth G. Kraetzer
Sons of the American Legion
Squadron 50,
21 Grandview Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605
First Vice Commander, Westchester County
Vice Commander, New York State Legislative and Public Relations Committees
21 Grandview Avenue, White Plains, New York 10605
Host: WVOX.com 1460 AM "Westchester Veterans Segment"
Direct 914-630-3457 c914-450-9554
Email: KGK914@AOL.com
www.Legionpost50ny.com