Monday, May 30, 2011

My Navy Dad

Here's a picture of my dad when he was serving our country in the navy. My goodness! (He's on the left.) At the time of this picture, he was a Quartermaster Third Class. . .which is right below General. Right?

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19 comments:

  1. Peggy Smith Shealy5:36 PM

    That is a great picture! Is he still alive?

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  2. Dave Lilligren5:36 PM

    Was he an Engineman?

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  3. Ralph5:36 PM

    Thanks for your comments, everyone. My dad, handsome man that he was, passed on a couple of years ago, just three months after my mother. I can't remember his rank in the Navy but I'm trying to find out from my brothers. I don't think it was anything more than a 2 or 3 star general.

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  4. Dave Lilligren5:37 PM

    He was either an Engineman Third Class or a Quartermaster Third Class at the time of this photo, Ralph (the insignia is a little blurry). That would be an E-4 pay grade. Spent seven years in the Navy myself. Sorry to hear that he is gone. Life speeds by so fast...

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  5. Ralph5:37 PM

    Dave, thank you! That's it! I believe he was a Quartermaster Third Class. I think that's just below General, right?

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  6. Dave Lilligren5:37 PM

    Right, "just below." ;o) If he was a Quartermaster, that meant he was responsible to aid the ship in her navigation. Was he good at reading the stars?

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  7. Ralph5:38 PM

    Yes, come to think of it. And he was great at getting from place to place. He knew every conceivable shortcut, and insisted we take them all. We sometimes didn't, and we felt his scorn!

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  8. Barbara Moore Moser5:38 PM

    Fabulous picture. And I have told you before how much I loved your mom and dad. Thanks for sharing this.

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  9. MaryKay Bjorgan Riley5:38 PM

    Great picture. I have a similar one of my dad...slim, trim navy men!

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  10. Win Jackson Houwen6:26 PM

    Great picture, Ralph!

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  11. Shannon Ingalls10:27 PM

    he is GORGEOUS!! you came from that?! wow, i'd have never guessed :p

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  12. Ralph10:27 PM

    Shannon, oh yes you would have.

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  13. Linda Donovan10:27 PM

    Wow! So that's where you get it from. ;)

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  14. Paul Digges10:28 PM

    Quartemaster 3rd (Charts, navigating, etc. Equivalent of Lance Corporal.

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  15. John W. Harris10:28 PM

    Yes Quartermaster on a light Cruiser

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  16. Brent Harris10:29 PM

    Skinny little runt! ;^)

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  17. Ralph10:29 PM

    ^^ Easy now, Brent! Probably coulda whupped you up until he was 80.

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  18. Win Jackson Houwen10:30 PM

    I remember when you were one too! :-)
    Witch 'em in the dillows 4ever!

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  19. Robin Edwards10:30 PM

    God bless him!

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