Beaufort’s Bud Tallone, 86, joined the United States Navy in Trenton, N.J. in 1955. After boot camp at Great Lakes, Ill., he trained as an Aviation Electrician at Naval Air Station Sanford, Fla., and thereafter served there in a heavy attack squadron, making a Mediterranean deployment aboard USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14).
He then transferred to Memphis Naval Air Station where he worked on aircraft maintenance. He separated from active duty in 1960 and remained in the reserves drilling at NAS Willow Grove, Pa., for four years.
Thereafter, he had a 34-year career in structural steel construction. Today he is active in the Masons in Beaufort (Harmony Lodge, with 55 years of total service), with the Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Port Royal Sound Flotilla, and for 8 years with the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center near Lemon Island.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
