"USS James K. Polk SSBN/SSN 645 at New Mexico Museum" Topic
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| Rallynow | 20 Jul 2012 6:07 p.m. PST |
The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in New Mexico has acquired the Jimmy K sail for incorporation into a display on its museum grounds. The museum, a congressionally charted Smithsonian Institute affiliate, has asked the help of the USS James K. Polk Veterans Association in raising the money necessary to transport and refurbish the sail and develop this memorial. We have agreed. To this end we have begun collecting tax-deductible contributions for the project. We are acting as the primary collection point for these contributions. 100% of the collected funds will be disbursed to the museum for this specific project.
The primary fund raising will be thru the sale of engraved bricks at $100 USD per unit. These bricks can be engraved with your name & dates of service, purchased as a gift for a favored shipmate, engraved as a memorial to a shipmate on eternal patrol or just about any other thing you want. The bricks will be used to outline the submarine-shaped memorial. We are asking not only for your support and contributions but for your activism as well. Please give generously but also be aggressive in spreading the word to other Jimmy K shipmates and to the submarine community at large. Together we can be a powerful force in helping to get this valuable Cold War memorial erected. On behalf of your command team who has been working for the past year to put this program together, I thank you in advance for your kind and generous assistance.
Bodega Bob Homme (SS)
CO, JKPVA ussjameskpolk.com link |
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