| by the Journal-Opinion An Orange County teenager honored his U.S. Navy veteran grandfather during a Memorial Day ceremony yesterday in Chelsea. Logan Kuban, a 17-year-old Thetford Academy junior, surprised his 82-year-old grandfather Ed Kuban who was in attendance by adding his name to the Veterans Corner at Chelsea School. Ed was seriously injured in a catastrophic fire and series of explosions in 1967 while aboard the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin. The disaster killed 134 sailors and injured hundreds more. Yesterday’s ceremony in Chelsea recognized the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam conflict. |
