"S" is for shipmates. My wife's father's Subchaser crew, 1943.

Tarpley-Parkes Family History

Taking candy from a baby?

Taking candy from a baby?

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Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme, ONE SITTING, ONE STANDING. Mary and Scott, Oct., 1954,
"S" is for shipmates. My wife's father's Subchaser crew, 1943.

"S" is for shipmates. My wife's father's Subchaser…

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SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH S in the Vintage Photos Theme Park
Mary with her brother and grandmother at a roadside animal park in Florida, c. 1958.

Mary with her brother and grandmother at a roadsid…

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Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme, "roadside attractions." Mary told me that this establishment was selling small rhesus monkeys for $50 each. She had brought her life savings with her on this trip, a bit more than the cost of a monkey, and begged her grandparents to let her take one home. They declined her wish.
Mary's 2nd Birthday, June, 1949

Mary's 2nd Birthday, June, 1949

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Mary's 2nd Birthday, June, 1949
They also serve who only stand and wait, or sit and look cute, as the case may be.

They also serve who only stand and wait, or sit an…

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My mother-in-law, center, with other wives of the USS Catamount's crew.
Betty's Photos from The War Years

Betty's Photos from The War Years

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Betty
Two potential Bonnies without a Clyde. Circa 1942.

Two potential Bonnies without a Clyde. Circa 1942.

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Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme " CAR PLUS WOMAN OR MAN.
Betty's Photos from The War Years

Betty's Photos from The War Years

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Mary's Mom, Betty
Mary and Sibs, 1951-1952 Central California

Mary and Sibs, 1951-1952 Central California

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Frontier couple poses for itinerant photographer, 1951

Frontier couple poses for itinerant photographer,…

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Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme, "Holding a Doll."
Mary and Sibs, 1950/1951 Grand Rapids

Mary and Sibs, 1950/1951 Grand Rapids

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The big 04
Mary, 1959

Mary, 1959

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Mary, 1959

Mary, 1959

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Mary, 1959
Ouch! The empty well of the USS Catamount, sometime 1945

Ouch! The empty well of the USS Catamount, sometim…

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It appears a sailor is running a gauntlet of fellow crewmen for some unknown reason. Some of the sticks/clubs being employed look lethal. Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the monthly theme, TRAINS, PLANES, SHIPS, AND BUSES (people photographed traveling inside one of these modes of transport--preferably shot from the inside).
Taken aboard USS Catamount, LSD 17, sometime 1945 in the Pacific

Taken aboard USS Catamount, LSD 17, sometime 1945…

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Landing craft ferrying supplies prepare to depart USS Catamount, LSD 17, sometime 1945 in the Pacific

Landing craft ferrying supplies prepare to depart…

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Aft ramp lowered and well flooded,
Boats in a ship. U.S. Marine Corps Sherman tanks on assault landing craft are inside the well of a Navy LSD.

Boats in a ship. U.S. Marine Corps Sherman tanks o…

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Photo taken by my father-in-law aboard the "Landing Ship Dock" USS Catamount, LSD 17, 1945 in the Pacific. Once loaded, the well was pumped out for transit and refilled for disembarking.
Taken aboard USS Catamount, LSD 17, sometime 1945 in the Pacific

Taken aboard USS Catamount, LSD 17, sometime 1945…

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U.S. Marines attending to their equipment en route to their next mission. Tanken by my father-in-law, one of the ship's officers. The LSD (Landing Ship Dock) was a transport ship with a large open well that ran most of the length of the center of the ship. Landing craft were loaded in the dry well for transport. When ready to deploy the landing craft, the well was flooded, a gate at the aft of the ship opened and the landing craft with their Marines and equipment would power out to the open water.Submitted for the "Soldiers" theme in the Vintage Photos Theme Park. Marines do not like to be referred to as soldiers. They are Marines, I apologize for any offense.
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