Bus Trip to the Iwo Jima Memorial

13 residents from Winter Ranch boarded the bus for the Iwo Jima Memorial in Harlingen. 

Jim Drake, our bus driver

 The Winter Ranch Residents on the Bus

After a tour of the Marine Military Academy, we were taken to the Mess Hall.  The academy is for boys grades 8-12.

Eating lunch in the Mess Hall.  It was a great meal.

The students march to lunch.

 The Iwo Jima Memorial

 Four of Winter Ranch's veterans in front of the memorial:

Rod McKee, Jim Drake, Kent Halberg, and Paul Wilson

We stopped at the Palo Alto Battlefield and this was the sign that greeted us.  It was very cold and windy when we arrived.

Thanks to Carrie Halberg for the pictures 

and information on this trip!