Posted on Sep 11, 2014
Do you have a favorite image of the American Flag?
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Do you have a favorite image of the Old Glory? Display with pride here!
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SGT Richard H.
A little different, but still a flag. The grave, if you can't read the plaque, the grave is CDR Levi Calvin Bertolette (at Arlington)
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
American Pride!! All day, everyday! The most precious flag I have ever known! Hooooha...
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On July 8, 1967, 9,999 of my closest friends and I traveled from Great Lakes, IL to Soldier Field in Chicago, Il. We were from all of the different Schools at the Naval Training Center and the Recruit Training Center. Trains were arranged to take us from the depots at North Chicago to Chicago Terminal and then Busses to Soldier Field. 10,000 Sailors moved to make a Living Flag!
The White portions of the flag were easy, we were in our whites. Can you guess the Red and Blue areas? Red and Blue Plastic Bags (Trash Bags) that we put on after we were in place. I was one of the E-4 and below who made up the Flag itself. Those standing around as supervising were E-5 and above Instructors, and Students. Company Commanders were assigned somewhere else.
If you look very closely, I was the third Sailor in the third red stripe from the blue field, top of the row. I was the one smiling.
After we were done, we got a box lunch and were allowed to either go straight back to the Naval Base or spend the Day in Chicago. We had free transport in and around Chicago the whole day on busses and free transport on the trains back to the base until midnight!! Wow!
The White portions of the flag were easy, we were in our whites. Can you guess the Red and Blue areas? Red and Blue Plastic Bags (Trash Bags) that we put on after we were in place. I was one of the E-4 and below who made up the Flag itself. Those standing around as supervising were E-5 and above Instructors, and Students. Company Commanders were assigned somewhere else.
If you look very closely, I was the third Sailor in the third red stripe from the blue field, top of the row. I was the one smiling.
After we were done, we got a box lunch and were allowed to either go straight back to the Naval Base or spend the Day in Chicago. We had free transport in and around Chicago the whole day on busses and free transport on the trains back to the base until midnight!! Wow!
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That story deserves some epic award and monumental accolades!! 8-O
I'd give you the rest of my leftover thumbs on that if I could!
I'd give you the rest of my leftover thumbs on that if I could!
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LT Jessica Kellogg
CMDCM Gene Treants,
My husband was actually in the 2010 recreation of the living flag at Great Lakes. He's in one of the stars, I think.
My husband was actually in the 2010 recreation of the living flag at Great Lakes. He's in one of the stars, I think.
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CMDCM Gene Treants
As far as I know the first one was done in November 1917 to Celebrate Armistice Day and the 2010 Flag was a very close recreation using Whites and Cammies to simulate Black and White. Well done to those Sailors also.
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I wonder if that flag stayed at half mast throughout being that daily someone got killed there until recently as I can only imagine
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