Welcome back...
The "formal" program
got underway with a few 
opening remarks by "Gunny"
Garrison Gigg USMC
(Ret). 
Gunny thanked all for coming, remarked how
wonderful all
the nurses looked, and then introduced the keynote speaker.... 
Capt. Karen Ott NC,
USN. who is the
Deputy Director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.
With great eloquence Capt.
Ott NC, USN. explained what a great privilege
it was to be among the very nurses and corpsmen who exemplified the highest standard
of compassionate service to their fellow man, during the Korean War.
She 
commended them
for this service and
noted that
they were a source of great
inspiration to all who enter
the Navy Nurse
Corps today.
She concluded by
observing that it was the duty of
younger
generations to keep and pass on the
accomplishments of these "Quiet
Heroes" so that
they would be
remembered always.
Following the keynote speech,
Gunny turned the podium over to
Jan Herman who
made a
few remarks about his documentary film project he
was producing with the Navy, detailing the experiences of these nurses and corpsmen during
the Korean War so that their stories would be archived on film for future generations. In
fact, a film crew was set up in the next room so that Jan could conduct on camera
interviews 
after
the luncheon was over.
Finally Marilyn Ewing Affleck made a few "thank you" award presentations, first to "Gunny" Garrison Gigg USMC (Ret). for his tremendous help, as in past years, in staging
this reunion luncheon and then to the
"Nurse
Paparazzo's"... Chip & David. It
should be noted that Chip's very
cool tie collection has grown by leaps & bounds since
the first reunion luncheon !
After the formal program ended
it was time once again to 
socialize, 
pose for more pictures, and 
check out a photo
presentation of last year's reunion that David
Litvin had created on his laptop.
Here now are more photo-highlights of this year's reunion luncheon......
Click here to see more highlights...
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