These are some things from my dad's tour in the Navy during the last year of WW-II.
He was wounded serving on the Columbus, and send home from the pacific fleet on the hospital ship Henderson.
The Columbus could carry and launch a Seahawk float plane from a crane on the "fantail".
Navy Day on the Hudson river 1945:
The Henderson was a WW-I troop transport and converted hospital ship.
A brochure from visitor's day on the Columbus:
Dad at 17 years old:
You can see where I get my good looks.
He was wounded serving on the Columbus, and send home from the pacific fleet on the hospital ship Henderson.
The Columbus could carry and launch a Seahawk float plane from a crane on the "fantail".
Navy Day on the Hudson river 1945:
The Henderson was a WW-I troop transport and converted hospital ship.
A brochure from visitor's day on the Columbus:
Dad at 17 years old:
You can see where I get my good looks.
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