Every year, the month of November is filled with military activities … the Vets Breakfast of 4 November 2022, was no exception. More than 4-dozen attendees (unofficial count of 55) were nourished with good food and good reminiscences of military history. The historical linkage harkened to military events that occurred on November 4th, the date of the breakfast.
The photo, below, represents a portion of local veterans who participated in the discussions. L to R: Jack Westcott, USN; Fred O’Connell, US Army; Ted Hoyt, US Army, holding a photo of British General Bernard Montgomery who was the November 4th victor at El Alamein; Bill Krans, USMC, with a photo of the 1979 student uprising in Tehran; Mike Stockwell, US Army, displaying a Gatling Gun which was patented in 1862; Bill Hamilton, USN; and, John Graham, USMC, who moments before the photo was snapped, was showing B-29s dropping the first incendiary bombs in the Korean Conflict in 1950.
2 December 2022, is the next scheduled Vets Breakfast. Hopkinton veterans have Veterans Day activities scheduled at 11am at the Senior Center, and at 5:30 pm at the Woodville Rod & Gun Club for the annual Appreciation Dinner, also 11 November 2022. All veterans are welcome; no reservations are necessary.