"I'm not relaxing, I'm learning Semaphore" Going to sail the world with the cool cats some day
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That's what my Dad did in WW II. Chief signalman, USN, USS Heywood. The original ANTIFA. Very cool cat.🐾🐾
aug 5, 2025, 1:28 pm • 3 1 • view
That's the same uniform I wore. RCN (Royal Canadian Navy I didn't know the Heywood, probably gone post-war. I did spend time on active USS in the early 70s. I went on USS Julius A Fueher (sp?) for 6 days to see what their conditions were like. They weren't as good as ours! Is your father alive?
aug 5, 2025, 11:43 pm • 1 0 • view
And a very honorable uniform, too. - - . - - - - - - - . . . - - - - - . - . - . -
aug 7, 2025, 12:21 am • 1 0 • view
Good work if you can find it ;P
aug 7, 2025, 12:57 am • 1 0 • view
USS Heywood was a troop/attack transport. Five Battle Stars before decommission. Dad went ashore with the First Marines, literally 83 years ago today, as the first rubber raft (The "Midnight Raid") ashore to start the Gudalcanal Campaign.
aug 7, 2025, 12:18 am • 1 0 • view
Correction: 7 Battle Stars for Heywood. My Dad was aboard during 5 of the missions that resulted in battle stars www.history.navy.mil/research/his...
aug 8, 2025, 7:39 pm • 1 1 • view
No, he'd be 104 today - but he did live to a very ripe 96!
aug 7, 2025, 12:14 am • 1 0 • view
Seems like a full life.
aug 7, 2025, 12:50 am • 1 0 • view
Only 5'4", but the toughest guy I ever knew. The picture was for his 90th birthday in 2011.
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