Brian Williams
Moderator Emeritus
A while back my Dad was telling me about when he was the Whale boat pilot for his ship he would take along a 1911 on the Mail and Payroll runs. The mailman or the Paymaster and his guard took 1911s and the armorer would allow dad to take one along while slipping him a few extra full mags. I wish that I could find that 1911, it would never be sold.
On Monday May 23, 2011 I took my father to see the WWII memorial and this is my Father, a Boatswain's mate 1st, Served on the AO-79 an auxillary fleet oiler in the Pacific, the only oiler hit by a kamikaze. Again he was telling me today about shooting the flotsam and jetsam with a 1911 in the various harbors when he piloted the ships boat on mail and payroll runs. He was also telling me about being on the crew of the 40mm ack-ack gun that helped shoot down the kamikaze.
The plane hit the ship and the bomb did not explode but rolled around on the aft Avgas hold, Whew, Dad helped throw the bomb and the plane off the ship. Two of his buddies were killed.
He was awful quiet today when I took this pic at the WWII memorial.
WE also got to visit the Tomb of the Unknown soldier, here are a few pics of the guard and the M14 inspection
On Monday May 23, 2011 I took my father to see the WWII memorial and this is my Father, a Boatswain's mate 1st, Served on the AO-79 an auxillary fleet oiler in the Pacific, the only oiler hit by a kamikaze. Again he was telling me today about shooting the flotsam and jetsam with a 1911 in the various harbors when he piloted the ships boat on mail and payroll runs. He was also telling me about being on the crew of the 40mm ack-ack gun that helped shoot down the kamikaze.
The plane hit the ship and the bomb did not explode but rolled around on the aft Avgas hold, Whew, Dad helped throw the bomb and the plane off the ship. Two of his buddies were killed.
He was awful quiet today when I took this pic at the WWII memorial.
WE also got to visit the Tomb of the Unknown soldier, here are a few pics of the guard and the M14 inspection