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VOL. 5/ISSUE 19
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017
Fantastic fishing
Melbourne Chamber takes disabled Mary Kemper STAFF WRITER
mkemper@veteranvoiceweekly.com
They ranged in age from the youngest — the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — to the oldest, who served in the Korean War. All are service-disabled. All enjoyed a memorable fishing trip aboard the charter vessel Orlando Princess March 11, and then a sumptuous barbecue — all courtesy of the Veterans Resource Council of the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce. It was the third year for the VRC event, and by many
vets on memorable angling trip accounts, the most successful yet. The ship took off from Port Canaveral, and it took two hours to get to the intended spot out at sea. It was worth the wait — along the way, the veterans
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Korean War veteran Bernie Gott displays his winning red snapper, which weighed 22 lbs., March 11 aboard the charter vessel Orlando Princess for the annual Veterans Fishing Challenge held by the Veterans Resource Council of the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce. - Photo by Mary Kemper