Mayport Council Hosts Annual Midway Commemoration

摘要

The Mayport, Fla., Council hosted the 16th Annual Battle of Midway Commemoration dinner at the Renaissance Hotel, World Golf Village in St. Augustine on June 1. The event honors the Midway survivors who typically travel from great distances like Michigan and Texas to attend. This year, there were 11 Midway veterans among the more than 650 people in attendance, which is considered the largest Midway celebration nationally. Other notables at the event were two Midway veteran widows, Medal of Honor Recipient Robert Ingram, nine former prisoners of war (POWs), 15 Wounded Warriors and numerous Navy participants from the Normandy Invasion, among other World War II battles. The event also recognized veterans from the Korean War, Vietnam War and the current war on terror, according to a report compiled by John Vargo, Bat-de of Midway Committee chairman.