Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Image From the Past
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:57:34 -0600
 
During WWII, service men frequently sent home B&W 8x10 photos to commemorate 
completion of some phase of their training.  This one was sent home by my 
mother's brother when he was training as a gunner aboard the Navy Grumman 
TBF torpedo bomber.   His group went on to serve aboard the USS Franklin in 
the South Pacific.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Navy+Training+Group.jpg.html

He is second from the right in the front row, where he marked an "X".

On October 30, 1944, the "Big Ben" was hit by a series of kamikaze attacks.  
My uncle was killed that day and buried at sea.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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