We are celebrating a free 4th again this year because of all the men & women in our military that served, came home or lost their lives to defend us & our families... I salute them & our military guys here too. My Dad was proud of his service & while packing for my move today I found a whole box on my Dad's fotos from the war...
My Dad, his twin & older brother were all in the Navy during WWII. My Dad worked on 1 of the big guns & was injured several times. They were all on different boats in a convoy & although I don't think u were supposed to b takin' fotos... my Dad of course did! Some sort of authority problem!!! See... I come by it honestly! Anyway... they were getting shelled pretty heavily & you can see by the wakes they were running evasive maneuvers. My Dad saw his brother's ship get hit, burn & sink. For quite a while he thought his brother had been killed & the Houston newspaper reported he had died as well. His brother actually survived & laughed at that newspaper clipping. My Dad took this picture of his brother's ship burning & sinking. As a side note: "Not for transmission through post" is rubber stamped on the back of all these photos. The last foto was one my Dad took of the big gun he was stationed on. My Dad & I were *very* close & he never said 1 single word about the war to me.. ever! I was told everything I know by his brothers.
Have a picture of u're Dad during the war I encourage you to post it to this thread! Happy 4th... no firecrackers here... it's been raining every day for 3 weeks straight & today is no exception!
BoB
My Dad, his twin & older brother were all in the Navy during WWII. My Dad worked on 1 of the big guns & was injured several times. They were all on different boats in a convoy & although I don't think u were supposed to b takin' fotos... my Dad of course did! Some sort of authority problem!!! See... I come by it honestly! Anyway... they were getting shelled pretty heavily & you can see by the wakes they were running evasive maneuvers. My Dad saw his brother's ship get hit, burn & sink. For quite a while he thought his brother had been killed & the Houston newspaper reported he had died as well. His brother actually survived & laughed at that newspaper clipping. My Dad took this picture of his brother's ship burning & sinking. As a side note: "Not for transmission through post" is rubber stamped on the back of all these photos. The last foto was one my Dad took of the big gun he was stationed on. My Dad & I were *very* close & he never said 1 single word about the war to me.. ever! I was told everything I know by his brothers.
Have a picture of u're Dad during the war I encourage you to post it to this thread! Happy 4th... no firecrackers here... it's been raining every day for 3 weeks straight & today is no exception!
BoB