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Pearl Harbor
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Roger Bazeley, USCG Aux
D11N Honor Guard participated in the Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary Parade, Oahu, Hawaii, Dec 7, 2016. They are shown here
at the 2016 Annual Remembrance Day – Chester Bartalini, bugler.
the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day parade. The parade was held in Honolulu commemorating the 75th
anniversary
of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Auxiliarists Blackwell and Bartalini are members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Honor Guard representing
District 11 North, comprising Northern California, Nevada and Utah. Blackwell participates as lead sentry and
Bartalini as trailing sentry. Also participating are active duty Coast Guard members CDR. J. Andrew Williamson
and LT Ernest “Ernie” Saponara. CDR. Williamson is mentor to and instructor of the D11N Honor Guard.
The D11N Honor Guard has participated in Alameda’s Fourth of July Parade, San Francisco Veterans Day
Parade and the Fresno Veterans Day Parade. Other events the honor guard has participated in include: various
memorials, changes of watch, retirements, ship christenings, Memorial Day services, professional sporting
events Santa Cruz Harbor’s 50th Anniversary and other special ceremonies.
Back on the Mainland
On the east coast of the United States, members of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Band Flotilla 7-22
performed and participated at the American Air Power Museum located in Farmingdale New York, on the 75th
Anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
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