By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Lucy M. Quinn, Navy Office of Community Outreach
April 19, 2010 - CHARLESTON, S.C. (NNS) -- The assistant chief of Naval Operations for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) visited Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center April 14 during Charleston Navy Week.
Rear Adm. Bill Goodwin arrived to visit Navy veteran Hugh Pearson. "I couldn't believe it," said Pearson. "I haven't seen a Navy uniform in a long time."
Pearson, a hospital corpsman 1st class with the Marines during the Vietnam War, was celebrating his 70th birthday in the hospital.
"This is the best birthday gift I could get," said Pearson.
The birthday party moved on to an activity room for a concert. There, Goodwin talked to Josephine Hutchingson, a World War II Army Air Forces veteran who had just celebrated her 90th birthday. Hutchingson was a driver/chauffer during the war and shared stories about being a female in the military.
"What an honor," said Hutchingson. "I'm thrilled to see women be honored now for being in the military."
Charleston Navy Week is one of 20 Navy Weeks planned across America in 2010. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence.
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