South Sound Base Meeting Invitation

South Sound Base in Tacoma will be welcoming home shipmate Dave Gordon, Chief Journalist(SS), at our next meeting on September 9th. Dave has just returned from a year-long tour in Afghanistan and will be doing a presentation with photos he took while on duty there. Additionally, South Sound Base will be celebrating the start of its 9th year as a USSVI Base.

Dave Gordon

We will have a spaghetti feed starting at 6 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. The dinner cost is $6.00 per person and includes spaghetti, salad, and dinner roll. Drinks can be purchased at the bar. We will also have a cake welcoming Dave home and celebrating our anniversary.

If you are planning on attending the dinner and meeting, please RSVP to John Mansfield (253) 202-6433 cell or (360) 569-0507 home, or johnss377@yahoo.com as soon as you can.

South Sound Base meets at VFW Post 969, located at 3510 E. McKinley Ave., Tacoma, WA 98424

If you have any questions, please contact John Mansfield.

John Mansfield
South Sound Base PAO and WD4 Commander

Editor's Note: Dave Gordon is also a member of Seattle Base and gave us a presentation on the relief efforts for the tsunami in Thailand in 2005 that he helped document for the Navy. Welcome home Dave.