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Originally posted by Phil Waterman
On this Veterans Day or Remembrance Day
As we approach the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month I was wondering how our CMP community took part in the Remembrance?
I had planed to attend the ceremonies at the State of New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery this morning and was out at the crack of dawn to drive north, only to discover that my HUP would crank over but would not start. With one truck awaiting a new engine, only the Pattern 12 without cab top would start and with temperatures in the Teens a 150 mile round trip was not in possible.
So instead I’ve returned to the house to ask how other members of the CMP community commemorated our Veterans?
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Great idea for a thread Phil, and I'm sorry to hear that you weren't able to participate in any events. I took part in the City of Fort Worth's very large Remembrance Day parade. There were approximately 15 MVs from the Arrowhead Chapter of the MVPA present. We had several jeeps, various WCs, a CCKW, my C15, and a half track there. Capt. Ernie Philips impression of a LRDG jeep is not to be missed. Lt. Cmdr (rt'd) Denis Moody outfitted several GIs in ETO uniforms who preceded the vehicles on foot. I was especially moved as several members of the 5th GebirgsJagers, dressed up as Royal Canadian Engineers, joined me for the parade. Previously, it had been very lonely doing a Canadian impression in Texas! Many veterans rode in places of honour on our vehicles or in convertible cars. I talked at length to a B 26 pilot who survived 47 missions over Europe and was delighted to see three C 47s and a B 25 make several passes in the 83 degree skies over the parade.
