When my grandfather passed away several years ago, he left quite a bunch of stuff behind.  He was definitely a packrat; an organized packrat, but a packrat nonetheless. In one of the many boxes were a few photo albums I’d never seen before.  One in particular contained photos from his time aboard the USS Arizona, pre Pearl Harbor.  The crew goofing off, salty old-school Navy lifers, that kind of thing; pretty significant photos considering the fated setting. Eventually I’ll share some of those here, but first I need to do more research on them. For now, I’ll leave you with this photo that was in the same album.  I have no idea who these fellas are.  The back of the photo is inscribed: This was taken at Pacific Beach on the Washington Oregon coast.  You have met the two gentlemen in the picture.Red  Check out that 1936 Plymouth Sedan, cost all of $700 new back then.  And check out that dapper three-piece suit on the guy on left.  I wonder who these guys were, and what their story is.

When my grandfather passed away several years ago, he left quite a bunch of stuff behind.  He was definitely a packrat; an organized packrat, but a packrat nonetheless.

In one of the many boxes were a few photo albums I’d never seen before.  One in particular contained photos from his time aboard the USS Arizona, pre Pearl Harbor.  The crew goofing off, salty old-school Navy lifers, that kind of thing; pretty significant photos considering the fated setting.

Eventually I’ll share some of those here, but first I need to do more research on them.

For now, I’ll leave you with this photo that was in the same album.  I have no idea who these fellas are.  The back of the photo is inscribed:

This was taken at Pacific Beach on the Washington Oregon coast.  You have met the two gentlemen in the picture.

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Check out that 1936 Plymouth Sedan, cost all of $700 new back then.  And check out that dapper three-piece suit on the guy on left.  I wonder who these guys were, and what their story is.

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