Our friends: The US Navy Memorial Foundation and the National Naval Officers Association

When you are working on tight deadlines with no budget, you have to count on your friends. The USS Mason crew and the movie PROUD has a number of loyal friends who have always been there to "step up."

The US Navy Memorial Foundation and the National Naval Officers Association (NNOA) are joining for a special ceremony to recognize Mason veteran Lorenzo DuFau. NNOA and the Navy Memorial will make their presentations to Mr. DuFau, outside, on the U.S. Navy Memorial at 5 p.m., on Tuesday, September 20.

The Navy Memorial hosted one of the first screenings of a rough cut of PROUD back in June 2003 with Ossie Davis in attendance.