USS Arizona Memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza

Pearl Harbor Memorial Wreath from USS Butler DESA

December 7, 2011 Hank Trieckel and Tom Alexander, the "Skipper" of the John C. Butler Arizona Chapter Destroyer Escort Sailors Association, at Wesley Bolin Plaza, State Capital, Phoenix, to commemorate the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at 0755 on 7 DEC 1941, which brought the USA into World War II. The wreath is presented each year at the anchor of USS Arizona. Marshall Trimble, State Historian, keynote speaker at the ceremony, told the John C. Butler story in his speech and was pleased to see Ensign Butler represented by our association.

This same wreath is also presented by the "Skipper" each year on Memorial Day at the National Cemetery to honor those who died in the service of our country.

Hank Trieckel and Tom Alexander