May 2021 Bandstand Flag Notice
C. Lee Ademeit
The United States Navy
The flag flying over the bandstand during May is in honor of Lee Ademeit.
Lee enlisted in the Navy on August 8, 1962, in Des Moines and was then sent to San Diego, where he entered boot camp and then Radioman School. In June 1963, Lee was transferred to the communication center in Guam. There he served as a radioman, operating a teletype and the Morris Code; it was there that he was granted top-secret clearance. After 1 ½ years in Guam, he was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Hornet. During his time aboard the Hornet, he cruised to Seattle, the West Pacific, Vietnam, San Diego, Honolulu, Sasebo Japan, Olongapo Philippines, Hong Kong, the Sea of Japan, and the South China Sea off the Vietnam Coast. He was able to take his R & R in Sidney, Australia, while aboard the Hornet. He returned to Long Beach, California, in March 1966 and was honorably discharged on September 6, 1966.