Remembering the Forgotten Forty-nine | USS Guam LPH-9 – USS Trenton LPD-14
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17 January 2017 memorial service at the Reial Club Nàutic de Barcelona
17 January 2017 memorial service at the Reial Club Nàutic de Barcelona
2017 challenge coin
17 January 2017 memorial service at the Reial Club Nàutic de Barcelona
Consul General Marcos Mandojana, LtCol David Lawerence, Kerry Dauphinee (shipmate, USN, USS Guam)
Harry Lamar Thomas (survivor, USMC, USS Guam)
Joe Holder (chaplain, VFW Department of Europe)
Tony Millet (VFW Department of Europe)
Adam Smith (political officer, US Embassy-Madrid)
Adam Smith (political officer, US Embassy-Madrid)
Consul General of Barcelona Marcos Mandojana
Roll Call of Remembrance: Kerry Dauphinee (USN names), LtCol David Lawrence (USMC names)
Gold Star Family of PFC Raul Cantú (USS Guam): sisters Janie Ramirez, Liz Luera, Tila Aranda with Consul General Mandojana and LtCol Lawrence
Gold Star Family of LCPL Michael T. Gurney (USS Trenton): sister Cy Gurney, nephew Bryan Gurney with Consul General Mandojana and LtCol Lawrence
Gold Star Family of BM1 Charles Melvin McCauley (USS Trenton): daughter Charlese McCauley Hatchett, granddaughter Arianna Hatchett with Consul General Mandojana and LtCol Lawrence
Barcelona Fire Department Diver Ramón Carmen with Consul General Mandojan and LtCol Lawrence
Barcelona Fire Department Diver Joaquim González Coll with Consul General Mandojan and LtCol Lawrence
Real Liga Naval Diver Alfonso Ferrer with Consul General Mandojan and LtCol Lawrence
Barcelona Fire Department Diver Antonio Rubio with Consul General Mandojan and LtCol Lawrence
Barcelona Fire Department Diver Jospe Lluis Sanguesa Zorrilla with Consul General Mandojan and LtCol Lawrence
Barcelona Fire Department Diver Jospe Lluis Sanguesa Zorilla and First Commander Jose M. Ochoa Franco, Spanish Navy
Barcelona Fire Department Diver Jospe Lluis Sanguesa Zorilla and First Commander Jose M. Ochoa Franco, Spanish Navy
17 January 2017 memorial service at the Reial Club Nàutic de Barcelona
Ready to carry the wreaths to the monument from the ceremony venue
Procession to the monument
Procession to the monument
Procession to the monument
Procession to the monument
Procession to the monument
Procession to the monument
At the monument
Wreath from the family of LCPL Michael T Gurney (USS Guam) in memory of those who were lost and celebrating those who were saved
Wreath from the family of LCPL Michael T Gurney (USS Guam) in memory of those who were lost and celebrating those who were saved
Wreath from the family of LCPL Michael T Gurney (USS Guam) in memory of those who were lost and celebrating those who were saved
Wreath from the family of LCPL Michael T Gurney (USS Guam) in memory of those who were lost and celebrating those who were saved
Laying the wreath from the VFW Department of Europe
Laying the wreath from the VFW Department of Europe (Joe Holder)
Wreath from the Daughters of the American Revolution España Chapter
Laying the wreath from the Daughters of the American Revolution España Chapter (Elizabeth Wise, DAR, and Charlease McCauley Hatchett)
Laying the wreath from the Daughters of the American Revolution España Chapter
Benediction at the memorial led by Joe Holder
Wreath from the family of LCPL Michael T Gurney (USS Guam) with flowers from the family of PFC Raul Cantú
Close up of monument
Wreaths at the monument
Salvador Molist Fondavilla, Sixte Cambra, First Commander Jose M Ochoa Franco, Consul General Marcos Mandojana
Marines with Kerry Dauphinee (USN, USS Guam), Lamar Thomas (USMC, USS Guam), Lisa Thomas, Ray Fitzgerald (USN, USS Trenton) and George Kriner (USMC, USS Guam)
Consul General Marcos Mondojana, Lisa Thomas, Lamar Thomas, Sixte Cambra (President of the Port of Barcelona) and LtCol David Lawrence
Consul General Marcos Mandojana, Lisa Thomas, Lamar Thomas, Sixte Cambra (President of the Port of Barcelona) and LtCol David Lawrence
LtCol David Lawrence with Jospe Lluis Sanguesa Zorrilla, diver, Barcelona Fire Department
Jospe Lluis Sanguesa Zorrilla with Ray Fitzgerald
Diver Jospe Lluis Sanguesa Zorrilla with survivor George Kriner
Diver Jospe Luis Sanguesa Zorrilla with Marines
Marines with Salvador Molist Fondevilla
Gold Star families, shipmates and survivors: Arianna Hattchett, Janie Ramirez, Cy Gurney, Kerry Dauphinee, Lamar Thomas, Ray Fitzgerald, Charlease McCauley Hatchett, Tila Aranda, George Kriner, Liz Luera
First Commander José M Ochoa Franco (Spanish Navy), Gloria Surriel (RCNB), LtCol David Lawrence
Marines with Tony Millet (VFW Department of Europe), Kerry Dauphinee (USN, USS Guam) and Joe Holder (VFW Department of Europe)