How wonderful, D.D. There’s a lot of pictures around here and not in good order. I had a wonderful picture of his ship in a nice black frame. Well, I have 2 sons and the oldest one came up one day and asked me if he could take it. He promised he would get his brother one made. He did take it to 2 or 3 places and couldn’t find anyone who could duplicate it. For one thing the way it was in the frame from the beginning, it looked impossible to get out of the frame.
It can be taken from the frame but because of the measurement of the long picture, no one was interested. And you know how it is....he still is going to do it but then its forgotten. I want each one to have equal of everything. It looks like I might have to put some pressure on to get that done. My husband had several rifles and some handguns and not long after he died, I told them both to come up so we could divide the guns between them. They did that fair and square and everyone was happy. Hubby had an old rifle (shotgun) don’t know what you call it, that belonged to his grandfather and they agreed one would take that one and the other would get two of the others. I kept a handgun although I am afraid of guns. LOL~~
I still get those monthly newsletters from his shipmate organization and they have a reunion every year. He always wanted to go so bad but they were usually so far away. The year he died they had it at Myrtle Beach (our favorite place) and we could have made that one had his health not failed. And they always sent a gift every year if you paid your $15.00 a year which we did. Sorry this is so long....by the way did your wife ever have to learn to iron those ‘whites’? I did!And I loved it because we were so glad he was off ship and had shore duty finally and we could live together. By the way he made it to 2nd class Hospital Corpsman. What does your PO stand for?
Have you done a google graphics or AltaVista graphics search for a similar picture of his ship? Sounds like there’s a problem because the picture is in a frame.
A few years ago, mrsdd took three B&W photos to kinkos to be enlarged to 8x10. In the photos, she was 2 yrs old sitting next to her Daddy on the back steps. Her Mom took the pix 1. sitting side by side each looking at the other, 2. both lean into each other and share a kiss, 3. both looking directly into the camera with big grins. Hmmmm, maybe I should scan em, photobucket and post ‘em.
Yep, she learned all about ironing a set of “whites”. Here’s a little something that didn’t sink in very quickly... she always commented that I did a much better job ironing my uniforms and suggested I iron ‘em instead. Young Love... I bought it hook, line and sinker. 43 yrs later, I’m still ironing. :)
About the PO... My rate was Shipfitter P (Pipefitter). That rate later became Hull Technician. My first years I spent working in the Pipe Shop. Then after Diving School, I finished out my enlistment working out of the Diving Locker. Shipfitter was still my primary MOS (job classification) but my secondary MOS was 2nd class Diver which became my #1 job. Had a “crow” on my left sleeve and a diving helmet on my right sleeve. Proud days!