My sister was up in PA and found this picture of my dad’s rookie class in the Navy, 1944. I thought he did Basic over near Philly. Anyway, does anyone else have a pic of their dad that could have been in the picture? I’m pretty sure Dad is in the top row, 1st man in the left section right side of the row.
Dad’s first month in USN
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My Dad enlisted in the Navy on his seventeenth birthday in 1948 and retired on his thirty-seventh birthday in 1968 (as a Chief Machinist Mate). I don’t know much about his younger years but he ultimately gravitated to diesel boat submarines. Being his oldest child was an ordeal, he was really tough but he did mold me into the man I am today...
After serving all my adult life in LE, I can see how fortunate I am The Lord chose him to be my Dad.
After serving all my adult life in LE, I can see how fortunate I am The Lord chose him to be my Dad.
THE PILGRIM
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My Dad went to Boot Camp in Idaho.
Nothing screams Navy like Idaho!
Nothing screams Navy like Idaho!
Nuclear?
Smithboomer
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My Dad entered the Navy in 1944. He had one year of engineering at Purdue University so the Navy enlisted him at E-4 and sent him for electronics training. After training he repaired and calibrated radar systems on Navy ships until the war ended.
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My dad enlisted in 1966 retired in 1988. I agree that spilled over on to my up bringing. Do what your told. When your given a job finish it and no half effort. Always always respect the flag. I could have any hair cut as long as it involved a clipper and a 2 guards lol!
THE PILGRIM
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No! In War Two, Farragut, Idaho was a huge Navy Training Base.
Second only to Great Lakes.
Second only to Great Lakes.
Doug M.
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Very interesting things happened due to the need to expand the military for WW 2. My dad was part of a unit of technicians drafted for their civilian skills. 4 weeks of "basic" and he was a Corporal. (Seen his pay book.) He was a Canadian citizen not naturalized when his parents were as he was over 18 by then. He was given the paperwork and ordered to become a citizen because at that time they would not reply a non-citizen. Took about 3 weeks. Decisions were made and implemented as if they mattered!
A lot of senior NCOs were directly commissioned as Captains; his First Sgt. was, and hit O-6 before the end of the war.
A lot of senior NCOs were directly commissioned as Captains; his First Sgt. was, and hit O-6 before the end of the war.
Interesting looking at the expression on the faces of those sailors. Some look happy as a clam! Others, not so much...
The greatest generation performed when they were called. God bless them for the sacrifices they made for our country and the world.
The greatest generation performed when they were called. God bless them for the sacrifices they made for our country and the world.
My barber was wounded during WW I. He rose to 1st Sgt. During WW II, he was commissioned and retired as a light colonel.
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