[SandRat]

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[skr]

Wonderful story!

[OldNavyVet]

I have a 48 star US flag from my father’s WW-II ship, the USS Green AVD-13. It has, on it’s four grommet canvas section, a stencil marking saying “U S ENSIGN 9.” Its measurements are 76 1/2 by 41 1/4 inches and it’s still in great shape.

My father joined the Navy in 1910 and he served on the USS Green, mostly in the South Atlantic, from around April 1941 until his 1943 transfer to shore duty in Norfolk. The USS Green was later lost in a Pacific typhoon in 1945

A picture of the Green, and its history, can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Greene_%28DD-266%29

[NordP]

How incredible - and how wonderful a story. Thanks for posting!

Thanks and blessings to these fine Navy men and their families. May they rest in peace knowing their/our flag is still flyin' high!

[girlangler]

What a neat story SandRat, thanks for posting it.

Agra sounds like a very special man and patriot.