In Honor of the USS Barb (SS-220) Barb Base, Southwest Florida, USA

USS Barb’s final battle flag at the end of World War II presents a symbolic record of the boat’s many wartime accomplishments and significant awards won by its crew.

Across the top are represented the six Navy Crosses, 23 Silver Stars, and 23 Bronze Stars bestowed on individual crew members during the war, as well as the Presidential Unit Citation and the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to then-CMDR Fluckey.

Most unusual is the representation of a train at the middle bottom, which commemorates the occasion when a landing party from Barb went ashore to destroy a 16-car train. This was the sole landing by U.S. military forces on Japanese homeland during the World War II hostilities. 
Admiral Fluckey died  June 28th 2007.

 

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USSVI Barb Base meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the Cape Coral Elk's Lodge; which is located at 4631 SE 10th Place (Club Square), Cape Coral, FL.

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