Thank You. I found this goody! http://www.uboat.net/fates/surrendered.htm

And I found this about the demise of U-58:

https://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j...1Bo-XTVhURXH4Q

A Nice Look Back~~http://www.ww1medals.net/ww1_uboat_p...postcards.html

Another Goodie!!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlant...of_World_War_I

Always Worth Another Look~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW0qDsMIAlk

My Favorite Bond Luger Intro~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy-c8aAntWA

For Our Ruger Fans~ http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/fl/...to-Pistols.htm

And Then There Was Pacific Arms~ http://landofborchardt.com/PAC.html

German Postcards~https://www.worldwar1postcards.com/

Artillery Etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrrMe_Y9zy8

A Fine Reference!! http://www.cruffler.com/trivia-December99.html

I Luv Subs~ http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk...arine-warfare/

Lugers In Movies Update~ http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Luger_P08

Collecting these Beauties~ http://www.gundigest.com/military-fi...els-pp-and-ppk

My father was a hard hat diver and instructer at their Our Navys school in Bayonne N.J. where I grew up~ I recently found two of his medals. Can anyone ID them? https://www.vetfriends.com/units/index.cfm?unit=241709

Eric
Top left- Navy Good Conduct medal. Below it National Defense Service Medal. Right Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

Nice Job Bill, Are you an ex Navy Man?

Thank You Bill, He died when I was five~

Eric, Bill beat me to responding to those medals.

I am ex-Navy and was stationed at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, NJ in the early 70's. I am sure you are proud of your father's service in the Navy.

I am also Ex Navy and was awarded 2 of the three medals shown above.
I am Now in the Army (National Guard) and wasnt till I got the Army that I was awarded an achievement medal.

Cool Stuff Eric always something to be proud of, I am sure your Father was proud to be awarded them.

Thank You, He taught underwater demolition in Bayonne, N.J. He later did was for LLoyd Bridges his underwater double in Sea Hunt. He died of Lung Cancer in 1974~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HFdvCy6ivY

One More Question Please!
 

Whats with the hats?

I suspect the "hats" photo is a staged shot indicating that the individual had been promoted and was now authorized to wear "scrambled eggs" on his cap visor and is discarding his old cap overboard.

Yes I was Navy 1953-1957 Sonarman on a ww2 destroyer. Bill

Way cool! Looking for subs, exciting! Thank You For Your Service!

Ron the hat being tossed overboard is a Chiefs hat so my guess is he got Commissioned and was tossing the enlisted life behind.

Bill I was also a sonarman on FFG 55 USS Elroy Now decommissioned and wasting away here in the Philly Navy Yard.

Wayne,
I think you are probably right and I think that could be considered quite a "promotion". I had a similar experience as I went from enlisted to Commissioned and experienced significant life changes. :thumbup:

Definitely a Chiefs hat. Probably to an Ensign.
Wayne. When were you in the Navy fellow ping p---y? Bill

I was a few years after you. 93-97

You know you are old when you find this in your desk drawer lookingI I found the Ford Stockholder Pass for the 1964 Worlds' Fair! Mom owned a 1960 Ford Fairlane, 195 horse, Skymist Blue, N.J. Tag FRX-615 I guess the pass came from our Ford dealership! It found with all my childhood memories attached! Eric

Me, I realized I was getting old when it seemed to me that every cop I saw should be in high school instead of in uniform.

The days seem shorter and the nights longer!!

Those Beautiful Eagles~ http://search.aol.com/aol/video?q=19...nt97_searchbox

Trenches~http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-pho...n-the-trenches How could any luger survive?

More Mud!!~~http://ww1.canada.com/battlefront/im...n-the-trenches

My Final Pre~hurricane post from Port St Lucie, Fla~ http://www.trunews.com/article/KILLE...orida-as-CAT-5

Nice Rack!
 

My favorites~

Nice~~ http://www.landofborchardt.com/Polic...r-article.html

Our Weapons Of WW2~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60OG...QPXUwh6MdrzVAk