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Title: New Member
Post by: Vicki81756 on October 25, 2010, 12:17:40 PM

Just wanted to say hello and thank you for this site - I just happen to be in one of those moods on Sunday and was thinking about my father - so thanks to the age of technology I googled him and I found this incredible site - my father (Joseph J. Breslin) served on the USS Batfish in World War II - he was extremely proud to have served aboard the Batfish and many of the pictures on this site I have looked at since my childhood and now belong to me which I've shared with my 4 sons!! 

If my father were alive today, he would get a kick out of this site - he never lived long enough to be part of "google"!!!!!  About 15 years ago my mother made the trip out to Oklahoma to see the Batfish in his honor and his memory!!!


Thank you and kind regards,

Vicki (Breslin) DeStefano

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: emeacho on October 25, 2010, 12:29:16 PM

Welcome, Vicki.

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Lance Dean on October 25, 2010, 03:09:25 PM

Welcome to the forum, Vicki.  There are many of the Batfish volunteers here on the forum who'd love to talk all about the Batfish with you.

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Tom Bowser on October 25, 2010, 03:54:07 PM

Welcome aboard Vicki
It is always great to see a daughter or son of a submariner return to the submarine family.
Tom

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Vicki81756 on October 25, 2010, 04:01:14 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome!!!!

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Darrin on October 25, 2010, 07:52:14 PM

Welcome aboard Vicki, pull up a chair and say a while. The Batfish crew have come along way in the last couple of years and it doesn't look like they are slowing down any so this should be a fun ride for all of us watchin them bring her back to life

Darrin

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Ms. Lumpy Bumps on October 26, 2010, 09:22:39 PM

Hi Vicki,

Hi everyone.

Welcome aboard.  This is my first post, as well.  I am friends with Bob Fulton, who also served on the Batfish during WWII.  Did you know that there is a wonderful book written by Don Keith about her.  "In The Course of Duty" is rich in her history.  Hope you have a good experience posting
on this great site and board.

Patti Lynn aka Ms. Lumpy Bumps

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Tom Bowser on October 27, 2010, 05:40:38 AM

Hi Patti
Glad to see you jump in here, welcome and have fun.
Tom

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Darrin on October 28, 2010, 06:24:47 PM

Well Patti, after all this time you finally post on here... Pull up a chair and enjoy the fun that we alll are having and wishing we were with those whom are restoring their boats ;)