We had a similar thing happen to us in the UK in ‘68. We anchored out in the Thames estuary at South End on Sea and when we were the first US ships there since WWII. You couldn’t buy a meal or a drink in town. People bringing us in their houses for dinner etc. It was pretty dang cool.
Iām so glad to hear that, especially considering how our troops were being treated in the U.S. at that time. You all deserved better and good to know that the U.K. stepped up.
Thank you for your service.