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21 Jan 2023 Garand Picture of the Day
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Gone but not forgotten
My dad was there. He is the handsome lad taking a knee to the right of the "Meat Ball"
I have an original of the photo with each of the sailors names written on the photo.
Found the photo and another with my dad admiring Rita Heyworth.
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My father-in-law was assigned to the USS Wilkes-Barre CL-103 which provided support during the Okinawa Campaign. Prior he had been assigned to the USS Markab AD-21 a destroyer tender which is the same ship my father served on, the Markab also was assigned to TF-38. We don't know if they knew each other as both had passed before we married in 78', I feel unlikely as my dad was nine years older.
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