On 4/5/06, GeeBee <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I met this guy in a hide at a local wildlife sanctuary and was in awe and
> what he had seen and done and the matter of fact way that he told me.
> George Hooton served aboard HMS Savage and two of the four torpedoes that
> were fired from her hit the Scharnhorst. When the Scharnhorst sank all but
> 36 of her crew of 2000 went down with her.
>
> George told me about life on board. Four hours on four hours off, foul
> weather, freezing temperatures, sleeping in wet clothes. He is eighty years
> old, sharp as a tack and I could bankrupt the English language and still not
> do justice to how much we owe him and his generation. He is a real life hero
> and meeting him was a privilege.
>
>
> Olympus OM2 SP : Zuiko 35mm f2 : Ilford HP5 @400
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06060.htm
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/06061.htm
>
>
> --Graham
> http://www.geebeephoto.com
Wonderful photos, Graham.
Joel W.
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