Thanks for looking, and for the comments.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Paul Braun" <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another Image From the Past
> Nice keepsake.
>
> My wife's uncle served in the Navy, and was on a destroyer that was part
> of
> the task force that captured the U-505. Several years ago, when the
> Museum
> of Science and Industry in Chicago decided that even though a World War
> hadn't killed her, Chicago winters were finally starting to, they dug what
> amounted to a sub pen in their front yard and lowered the 505 underground.
> They did a really nice job with it - instead of just being a "see the big
> boat we have!" exhibit, they turned it into a multimedia tribute to
> maritime sailors. One of the areas talks about the capture, and features
> 6-foot-high glass panels with the crew manifests for each ship in the task
> force.
>
> Sheri and I carefully went through each panel, and finally found Uncle
> Bud. That was pretty cool.
>
> Unfortunately, war wasn't kind to Uncle Bud. Sheri's mom never talks
> about
> it, but based on letters we found from Sheri's grandmother to their
> senator
> trying to get him discharged and admitted to a hospital for psych eval,
> and
> little hints here and there, looks like he not only suffered PTSD, but
> also
> developed problems while still in the Navy. They were never able to
> secure
> an early release, and he just had to tough it out.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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