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The Tin Can Sailors. The National Association of Destroyer Veterans is a group numbering 12,000 headquartered in Somerset.
If you are a Tin Can Sailor and would like to learn more about the National Association of Destroyer Veterans, or attend a coffee hour, call (508) 677-0515.
The Tin Can Sailors of World War II James Hornfischer, the historian who chronicled these naval heroes, dies at 55.
A small but meaningful grant from Tin Can Sailors will help restore an important part of USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park.
In World War II the Navy man served aboard a couple of destroyers. Sailors nicknamed them “Tin Cans” in reference to the “thin” hulls on those war ships. In addition to our on-camera ...
Joining the Tin Can Sailors are Jacques Paquette, a retired principal engineer of submarines at General Dynamics, and Dick Brennan, a retired Coast Guard veteran who was training alongside the ...
The local chapter of Tin Can Sailors began an effort to help a local teen who needs a heart transplant. The group consisting of retired navy veterans presented a check to the teenager, who is the ...
The Tin Can Sailors gave over $4,000 to help maintain the Destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. The group honors veterans of destroyer Naval vessels. The USS Massachusetts Commissioning Committee re ...
The Tin Can Sailors of Goose Creek were officially designated DESRON3 (Destroy Squadron 3) of the National Association of Tin Can Sailors at a banquet held on Saturday, April 17 at American Legion ...
A small but meaningful grant from Tin Can Sailors will help restore an important part of USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park.
A small but meaningful grant from Tin Can Sailors will help restore an important part of USS The Sullivans at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park.