Knowing that the best way to bring something to the attention of Longmont’s residents is to bring it to Johnnie St. I suspect that all those good people who faithfully attend Longmont’s Veterans Day parades might like to know just why they see the model of a naval ship, of all things, proudly paraded down landlocked Longmont’s Main Street each year. Edmonds, a Longmont native killed in action while serving with a torpedo squadron in the Solomon Islands in 1942 and who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal for heroism. Looking up this ship’s background online, I’ve learned that it was named after Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Bert C. Navy destroyer escort that saw action during World War II and the Korean War. A number of years ago, so did another one of my readers.ĭear Johnnie: I enjoy the Veterans Day parade in Longmont every year, but until this week have been mystified at the presence in this parade of the small “sorta-scale” model float of the USS Edmonds (DE-406), a U.S. If you also were downtown and saw a replica of a ship being pulled behind a pickup, you might have wondered about that ship, the USS Edmonds. Dear Readers: As is my routine, I headed downtown today to watch the Veterans Day Parade.
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