Memorial Day Tribute

On Memorial Day 2009 Padelford Riverboats is hosting 2,600 passengers as a salute to the military in celebration of our 40th Anniversary celebration. Thinking of Memorial Day turns my thoughts to a recent visit our family took to Normandy, France with my father-in-law, Capt. William D. Bowell, Sr., who parachuted behind enemy lines on D-Day. The following article tells about that remarkable opportunity we had in 2005 to retrace his World War II adventure.