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What a journey! I love to tell this story about my dad. The story below, published in the Solomon Times on June 22, 2009, tells about a candlestick that dad had sent home from the war. In his letter homes, there are just a few items he collected that he really wanted to keep. The […]
Dear Mom and Rob, Happy birthday dearest Mom and much joy in the year to come, also may this year bring us together as last year only I hope to be able to come to see you this time. New line received the letter you sent March 2nd and the dungarees and book. Thank you […]
Dear Mom and Rob, This is the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day and I’m still resting after a very delicious Turkey dinner. And it was good even if it was cooked Navy style. It goes without saying of course that it didn’t compare with good old home cooking. I’m enclosing a menu. to top it off […]
The LaBarge Diary completely skips over one of the most noteworthy experiences of Don’s Naval career. It was so important that Don wrote a 4-page story describing his experience and included a hand drawn diagram to illustrate what took place. We can only image what must have gone through the mind of our newly minted […]
Bremerton, Washington Dear folks, Mama, Nan, Rob. How are y’all? OK here. Just got thru talking a shipmate into taking my place on our weekend for $2.25. So, you can expect me home for supper Saturday. If I don’t get there I just didn’t get away from here. Still on mess duty and will be […]
Written on USS Kennison stationary Dear folks, How are y’all. I am pretty good. We got In Saturday noon and docked at the Bremerton Naval yard. Nobody got sick on the way up but it wasn’t very rough. Bremerton isn’t as very big town. Haven’t been to Seattle yet but will go over there on […]
Dear Folks, Hello mom, how are you? it’s 10 o’clock Tuesday night and I am in what they label isolation ward which exists of my state rooms on the ship. They haven’t started working on it yet (the ship was still under construction in preparation for use during the war). It has a couple of […]
Three guys from Glencullen joined the Portland Naval reserve in 1939: Gordon Balough, Jerry Pomeroy, Don Chalmers. Who initiated this move and the circumstances are lost in memory, but the point is this: you got a uniform, got paid some, every once in a while, and every Thursday night we went down to the building […]
