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FORIMMEDIATERELEASE Formoreinformationcontact:RhondaDavisDirectorofSalesandMarketing(251)433-2703
PRESSRELEASE
WWIISubmarineUSSDRUMCrewInMobile
Mobile,Alabama,June8,2016-TheformercrewofthehighlydecoratedWorldWarII
SubmarineUSSDRUM(SS-228)willbeinMobilefortheirannualreunionFridayandSaturday,
June16and17.ThehotelbaseforthecrewwhileinMobilewillbetheHamptonInnin
Daphne.
SubmarineDRUMwon12BattleStarsduringWWII.CommissionedonNovember1,
1941,shewasthefirstnewconstructionsubmarinetomakeittoPearlHarborinSpring1942
afterthehorrificenemysneakattackontheAmericanFleetonDecember7,1941.Itisthe
oldestexistingWWIIsubmarineondisplayinAmerica.
AmemorialservicewillbeheldSaturday,June20,atUSSALABAMABattleship
MemorialParkhonoringthoseSubmariners“stillonpatrol”aswellasthoseformerDRUM
crewmenwhoaren’tabletoattendthisyear’sevent.Abarbecuelunchforthecrewwillbe
hostedbytheUSSALABAMABattleshipCommissionaftertheservice.
Althoughfewerinnumbereachyear,theDRUMcrewepitomizesthebraveryofthe
SilentService.TheirsandmillionsofotherAmericanandAlliedsoldiersandsailorssacrificedall
soourgreatnationcanbefree.
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