Emelia Keen is new to American Legion Post 493 in Little Egg Harbor, having moved to the area last summer from Camden County, but she made friends fast when marching alongside the color guards of both Post 493 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 316 during the Memorial Day celebration Monday in Little Egg.
Every veteran has a story to tell and Keen’s is that she was on the USS Vulcan when it made its “maiden” voyage and became the first Navy ship to have women sailors aboard. That was in 1979. Keen served as a photographer’s mate.
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