When Cubi Point Naval Air Station (Phillipines) was closed quite a few years ago, "they" dismantled the Cubi Point Officers Club bar and moved it to NAS Pensacola Naval Air Museum. We stopped by the museum on our way to Arizona with a mission to get some photos of it. We've been there a few other times, but never had the camera. You see, Alex is part of the museum. That's how old he is, he's part of a museum. When they moved the bar, they also took the plaques off the walls from all the squadrons who went there. This includes plaques from VMAQ -2, the Playboys, which Alex was a pilot with. Each time they went to the Philippines, a plaque was designed and the Filipino artists were hired to make it happen. Look close at the bunny ones and you may see Alex's name.
Click the link, select slide show and then hit F-11 to enlarge.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ChrisTorrance/PcolaMuseum?authkey=Gv1sRgCMWUvaf2o5Defg#
http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/
Is it a little creepy seeing your bar reconstructed in a totally different place?
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