4 Thoughts on “REMEMBERING DAD AND MOM ON MEMORIAL DAY 2020”
Leroy, Both very attrative people. Where did you come from. I am a little confused. Your Dad is wearing what looks like Marine Corp Greens with Navy ratings on his sleeve. I thougt he was in the Navy? Having spent 4 years in the Marines I have never seen a combination such as that?? Can you advise. Suske
I was born at NAS North Island in 1942 so uniforms may have changed since. I remember as a child waiting at the piers for the carrier to dock and the men waving from the deck. Things were great then with Mom & Dad enjoying one another company.😉
I still have souvenirs he brought home. Pennants and my favorite that we filled with nuts and fruit during the holidays and I sat in an spun around when empty. A 3 ft. ceremonial bowl and matching 2 ft serving tool carved out of hard black wood. Also a brown hard wood fighting tool with a three-pronged sharpened head. Nasty!
Joe. As a former Marine, that’s the first thing I noticed, too. Everything (cover, ratings, lapel insignia, etc.) is totally USN, so I’m guessing, like Leroy notes, there must have been some point at which the USN had winter service “A” greens. Good photo.
Leroy, Both very attrative people. Where did you come from. I am a little confused. Your Dad is wearing what looks like Marine Corp Greens with Navy ratings on his sleeve. I thougt he was in the Navy? Having spent 4 years in the Marines I have never seen a combination such as that?? Can you advise. Suske
30 years Navy! As I recall, he wore greens, blues and whites. Could be old school.
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I was born at NAS North Island in 1942 so uniforms may have changed since. I remember as a child waiting at the piers for the carrier to dock and the men waving from the deck. Things were great then with Mom & Dad enjoying one another company.😉
I still have souvenirs he brought home. Pennants and my favorite that we filled with nuts and fruit during the holidays and I sat in an spun around when empty. A 3 ft. ceremonial bowl and matching 2 ft serving tool carved out of hard black wood. Also a brown hard wood fighting tool with a three-pronged sharpened head. Nasty!
Joe. As a former Marine, that’s the first thing I noticed, too. Everything (cover, ratings, lapel insignia, etc.) is totally USN, so I’m guessing, like Leroy notes, there must have been some point at which the USN had winter service “A” greens. Good photo.