Photo taken outside the Gator Den after the decommissioning ceremony of the CGC GENTIAN (WIX 290) that Ed was Commanding Officer of. He and a skeleton crew will take it up to the Coast Guard Yard in mid-July for further disposal. The photos of the decommissioning ceremony can be viewed at: http://www.pbase.com/airlinerphotos/uscgc_gentian

Eddie and Roberto used to work with me in Airside Operations at Miami International Airport in the late 70's and early 80's. Ed left to join the Coast Guard after acceptance to Officer Candidate School and Roberto resigned his part-time job a couple of years later to concentrate on his full-time job.