Ken
Shaffer's Memories on the USS Nevada Continue << PRIOR PAGE
"REMEMBER
THE BATTLESHIP NEVADA? ... how, back from her grave at Pearl Harbor, she took revenge off
the Normandy Coast? ... how, guns blazing, men stayed at their stations for 79 hours
without relief? ... how, in six days of action, they blasted a door in Hitler's Atlantic
Wall? ... A stern example to us at home.
BUY MORE WAR BONDS."
What!?? Father in Jail??
Of course not, just having a little fun posing for photos...
My
father probably never realized what a treasured gift he gave his family the day he decided
to share his past with us.
"This part of the S.F. Shop force at a time
when it was a rugged looking bunch.
Beards & mustaches and I have both.
I am the second from the right,
as if you couldn't tell. Ha! Ha!"