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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 17, 2009 - 07:43pm PT
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So Gene, everyone is smiling and he looks like he could be 26 or more, so this was a post war photo, right?
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Gene
climber
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Mar 17, 2009 - 07:49pm PT
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Ron,
No. I think the photo was taken right before the Silversides sixth patrol, which would put it mid-year '43. Upon return from this patrol, Dad weighed about 120 lbs. from being sick. I think it was the eighth patrol that Dad got the Silver Star - an amazing story I'll post if this thread maintains its legs.
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EDIT: The USNA Class of '42 graduated 12/19/41. Only class in NA history to graduate not in its year.
2nd Edit: Spoke with Dad about the photo. It was taken right after patrol #8 which ran 11/43 to 1/44. He served on patrols 7 through 11.
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Mar 17, 2009 - 07:51pm PT
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For those interested in the Pacific theatre in WWII, my father was a ship's photographer on a small carrier, the USS Kadashan Bay CVE76 During the last months of the war.
Here's a link to a few of the photos he collected during the war and scanned http://usskadashanbaycve76.homestead.com/index.html
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Mar 17, 2009 - 08:35pm PT
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Happy birthday to your dad Gene.
Cool pix Tolman Paul.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 17, 2009 - 10:06pm PT
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Yeah, happy birthday (my dad died decades ago but was also born in the '20s).
What kind of duty did the Silversides serve? Did she see action?
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