Grandpa was in the Navy for almost all of WW2
He’s in the middle, I’d guess they were on a pretty good drunk somewhere!
Phillipines after the war maybe? Seems like a tourist set up.

He told me a few good stories over the years.
Got in a big bar fight with Marines and arrested, missed his ship the next morning, finished the war out on a minesweeper.

He was 13 of 14 kids, most of the boys were over 6ft. I guess that was pretty tall for back then.



Here’s one on the day he received his draft notice, he told my older cousin that they wanted a pic of him before he left.



Here’s one in uniform (on the left), my middle brother looks a lot like him now that I look at some these pics again

That is just too cool! A thousand words is no where near enough to tell the story of these pictures!

Thanks to our grandfather for his service.

He's been gone for around 10 years now I guess, my dad passed away last Saturday and I was going through pics for the memorial service.

The last couple years grandpa was with us, I would stop by after work occasionally (not often enough I now realize) and talk to him. We would watch a documentary on TV, and if it was WW2 related he would actually tell me a few stories. He never talked about it much before.

Apparently he was an AA gunner on a destroyer for most of the war, and saw action in a lot of major battles.

I can't make heads or tails out of the first picture. Looks more like Hong Kong than the Philippines.

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Originally posted by ElKabong:
He's been gone for around 10 years now I guess, my dad passed away last Saturday and I was going through pics for the memorial service.

The last couple years grandpa was with us, I would stop by after work occasionally (not often enough I now realize) and talk to him. We would watch a documentary on TV, and if it was WW2 related he would actually tell me a few stories. He never talked about it much before.

Apparently he was an AA gunner on a destroyer for most of the war, and saw action in a lot of major battles.

So sorry for your loss.

Condolences on the loss of your dad. Thanks for sharing the pics.