Nine Patriots and three guests of MOPH Chapter 531, NE GA visited the Patriots’ Point facility in Mount Pleasant, SC, on March 22nd as honored guests.
News Coverage
http://www.live5news.com/clip/13194016/purple-heart-veterans-share-combat-stories-at-patriots-point/
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/for-purple-heart-recipients-a-visit-to-patriots-point-stirs/article_ce93156a-0f08-11e7-a403-2737bb6ccc25.html
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/for-purple-heart-recipients-a-visit-to-patriots-point-stirs/article_ce93156a-0f08-11e7-a403-2737bb6ccc25.html
Photo Gallery
Patriot John Hancock in the Captain’s Chair of the USS Yorktown during Chapter 531’s tour to Patriots Point, Mt. Pleasant, SC. “Turn 10 degrees Port, and FULL SPEED AHEAD”
US Navy Captain (retired) John Hancock stands on the deck of the USS Yorktown CV-10 reminiscing back 75 years earlier when he was a 17 year old seaman stationed in the gun turret (in the background directly above his head) on the USS Yorktown CV-5 manning a 50 caliber, water cooled machine gun firing at the enemy during the Battle of Midway, June 1942. The Yorktown was heavily damaged and eventually sunk.
