Please Come and Celebrate Veterans day!

Ruesday, November 11th, 6:30 PM at Bushidokai Traditional Martial Arts Dojo
Flanders Four Corners, East Lyme

With special guest veterans:
robert buttinger, us army (ret.) saw action with the army’s 10th armored division at wwii's battle of the bulge, and helped stop hitler's last stand. john mccaffery, british navy and merchant marine (ret.)survived the hms hermes (above) sunken by japanese warplanes, swimming for over seven hours in the indian ocean, which was ablaze with oil and hid sharks who were taking down his shipmates. sempai dan nutt, us army (ret.) did eighteen months' combat in vietnam as a helicopter gunship door gunner. sempai peter tebeau, us coast guard commander (ret.) served 22 years in the coast guard working primarily in marine environmental protection, developing oil spill cleanup technology duringand following the exxon valdez spill. since retiring he has worked on a wide range of projects for the cg in environmental protection,search and rescue, and homeland security.

 

VETERAN'S DAY 2008 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, 6:30 PM

AT BUSHIDOKAI TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS DOJO


FLANDERS FOUR CORNERS, EAST LYME

WITH SPECIAL GUEST VETERANS:
ROBERT BUTTINGER, US ARMY (RET.) SAW ACTION WITH THE ARMY’S 10TH ARMORED DIVISION AT WWII'S BATTLE OF THE BULGE, AND HELPED STOP HITLER'S LAST STAND.
JOHN MCCAFFERY, BRITISH NAVY AND MERCHANT MARINE (RET.)SURVIVED THE HMS HERMES (ABOVE) SUNKEN BY JAPANESE WARPLANES, SWIMMING FOR OVER SEVEN HOURS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, WHICH WAS ABLAZE WITH OIL AND HID SHARKS WHO WERE TAKING DOWN HIS SHIPMATES.
SEMPAI DAN NUTT, US ARMY (RET.) DID EIGHTEEN MONTHS' COMBAT IN VIETNAM AS A HELICOPTER GUNSHIP DOOR GUNNER.
SEMPAI PETER TEBEAU, US COAST GUARD COMMANDER (RET.) SERVED 22 YEARS IN THE COAST GUARD WORKING PRIMARILY IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEVELOPING OIL SPILL CLEANUP TECHNOLOGY DURINGAND FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ SPILL. SINCE RETIRING HE HAS WORKED ON A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS FOR THE CG IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,SEARCH AND RESCUE, AND HOMELAND SECURITY

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