[Terry Mross]

In the good old days it was against Navy regulations to have a tattoo. So, that includes Marines.

[Drew68]

In the good old days it was against Navy regulations to have a tattoo. So, that includes Marines.

When was that?

[riverdawg]

“In the good old days it was against Navy regulations to have a tattoo.”

Then the “good old days” must have been before the mid-1950s. I grew up in the Norfolk, VA area. Boush St., and downtown Norfolk in general, was full of tattoo parlors that catered primarily to sailors and Marines.