During the Gala on October 15 at the Omni Jacksonville, John O’Neil, the Executive Director of the JHNSA, made a donation of $10,000 to the effort to bring the USS Charles Adams back to Jacksonville.
O’Neil, a Surface Warfare Officer with more than 30 years of active duty, has been instrumental in the fund-raising drive to bring the Adams home. He and his wife Carol made the presentation.
“I convinced Carol this is something I wanted to do,” O’Neil said. “And I’d like for the rest of you to think about that.”
The O’Neils posed with Florida Governor Rick Scott and an oversized check to remember the moment.