I will check out 1944 Life tomorrow. We are looking for a sailor stationed on tarawa (on the island) sitting on a cot playing cards. Description of the sailor,
A tall, thin, good-looking, 24-year-old white guy with straight light-brown hair) playing poker on a cot with several other young officers.
Bannie did you say he was in skivvies???
Yes, mware...he was in his skivvies...I think all of the guys were. I've never seen the picture. He didn't speak too much of it until his mom passed away about 20 years ago. I haven't been searching long, and I don't have access to actual copies.
(I think Dad was a ensign at the time?)
:-)
(If you get tired, I won't blame you.)
bannie