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Post by paopadd on Nov 18, 2008 16:24:06 GMT -5
Hi friends, someone told me that inside the Museum of the Naval Academy of Annapolis there are hundred of american and captured flags , among them some philippine flags.
Someone have some contacts there ?
I sent a couple of e-mails but i never received any kind of reply.
Mabuhay !
Paolo
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Post by VeeVee on Nov 18, 2008 23:17:39 GMT -5
Maybe our friend milspec who's from the area may have been there and seen the display. I'll ask him.
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Post by paopadd on Nov 20, 2008 16:36:05 GMT -5
Thanks VeeVee i will wait....
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Post by VeeVee on Nov 25, 2008 0:40:36 GMT -5
Milspec said he doesn't remember seeing any Philippine flags... but that was a long time ago before 9/11 and he spent most of the time in the WW2 section of the museum.
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Post by paopadd on Nov 25, 2008 16:05:06 GMT -5
Thanks to you and Milspec, anyway, do you know some curator of the Museum, i will contact him personally to know more on this topic....
Mabuhay
Paolo
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Post by 79thfoot on Dec 8, 2008 23:21:30 GMT -5
I can ask my cousin... he just graduated from there.
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Post by paopadd on Jan 3, 2009 17:48:21 GMT -5
HI 79thfoot, did you obtained any info from your cousin ? Someone told me they have hundred of flags there....
Thanks
Paolo
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Post by RayAdillO on Jan 6, 2009 6:01:01 GMT -5
I can ask my cousin... he just graduated from there. Tom, congratulations to your cousin. It would be great to see some photos of him/or her in uniform. My late brother graduated from there too in the class of 79'. Did he join the surface fleet, nav air, submarines or went "corps"? About the flags, if they're not in the museum, my guess is that they might be found at the mess hall, just like they do at West Point. Military tradition usually places captured enemy standards in places where warriors gather for a feast, sort of like so many deer antlers in a drinking pub. |
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Post by 79thfoot on Jan 15, 2009 11:05:33 GMT -5
Hello gents,
Just heard from him - the museum is being renovated currently but the times that he was there he only noticed the WW2 flags. I was mistaken slightly - he's graduating this year.
So there just MIGHT be time to ask him about the mess hall.
He's going to be sailing with the golden dolphins ;-) - the silent service. It's pretty cool actually, his dad was a Commodore in the Philippine Navy and is actually my grandpa's brother - which actually makes him my uncle. Thing is, he's like 6 or so years younger than me so it was kinda weird growing up. He was a roly poly little kid but he's really become the very model of a modern naval officer since the last time I saw him.
Salutes,
Tom
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