SAN DIEGO (July 11, 2009)
Chief Mass Communication Specialist Robert
Palomares and Capt. Jill Votaw salute the colors during a
retirement ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum. Palomares
retired from the Navy after 25 years.
He received the Purple Heart for wounds
suffered during a rocket attack during a river clearance
operation in Vietnam.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Specialist 2nd Class Mark August |