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.....
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.....
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)......
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.....
