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That makes perfect sence. TKS
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Priceless!
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What was priceless about this guy was, I could not have asked for a better step-dad. My father, on the other hand, served with the 9th Inf Regt, 2nd Inf Div, WWII, I was 8 months old when they divorced, the sailorman raised me and I was going in the Navy myself until I learned I was a "landlubber".
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I also have a family member, howard johnson. That was my moms uncle. But he also had gthe same rank on his sleeve and yes he was a cook in the navy. He traveled all over the pacific during WWII.
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I'm sure he would be proud~!!
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That particular family member (Howard Johnson) still has a daughter still alive. I recently found a film negative of him in front of the USS New York and an early style aircraft carrier, USS Ranger. I printed out a copy and framed it and gave it to her. She was kinda glad to see someone in the family take a little interest in all that history of the family.
She informed me that while his tours through the pacific during WWII he kept a diary of where he was at what time. She had to dig it up out of the closet and some of the other things she had of his. I have been waiting for work to kinda slow down and give me a minute actually in my home town so I can go spend a day with her and pick her brain and try and make a copy of the diary or something. Im curious about whats in it. |
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I was too late for my father. Died of lung cancer for smoking camels all his life. He died still smoking and coughing!
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Heres a picture of Howard in front of the USS New York and off to the side the USS Ranger. I have always been curious about the clock on the tower. I have downloaded pictures of the USS New York off the internet and all the pics I have seen, the clock seems to read 12:00.
I'm curious if there was a reason behind this. Was all ships done this way back then, or was the clock just broke. I did find a later picture of it after some modifications were added to the ship and I noticed the clock was gone. So, I wonder if they just never got it working. |
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I'm not going to comment how the army has totally screwed up their uniforms over these years, trying to upgrade at the same time forgetting about tradition.................... ![]() They were a Ship's Clock and was the main timepiece of any ship back then, many could not afford a wrist watch and pocket watches usually got busted. Another reason was the constant time zone changes. That clock, everyone went by and also, of course, the bells!!!!!! |
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Have big were those 4 large guns?
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If this were really a ship's clock, why is it always shown at 12 o'clock in various photos?
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Were clocks placed like this a common practice?
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What sort of side arms did the navy issue?
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The same as the corps, army; etc etc. but were US Navy marked,
1903's, M1 rifles and carbines, BARs, 45 autos and 38 revolvers. If you're into movies, a good movie made some years ago and the best Steve McQueen movie made was "The Sand Pebbles", based on a US Navy river gunboat in China on duty patrolling the Yanghes River before WWII. Excellent movie and the detail for that period is spot-on. |
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We miss him!
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Amazonn has the 2 disk dvd for $12.00 plus shipping!
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