And a Silver Certificate no less.
MD Ramsey Wrote:
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> As a narrow gauge connection, my father related to
> me his observation of the narrow gauge in Hawaii
> while there in the year or so following Pearl
> Harbor. At that time, he was fascinated to see
> some equipment arriving that was from railroads in
> his home state of Colorado. he also recalled all
> the passengers on top of and on sides of cars as
> they were getting from on point to another.
>
> After Pearl Harbor, my father, like many other men
> in Littleton, Colorado, went to enlist in the
> military. He was diagnosed with a potential heart
> condition and was turned away. He soon signed up
> as an employee with the US Government in the
> Public Works Department, assigned to the
> Department of the Navy. He was sent to Pearl
> Harbor in early 1942 to assist with the rebuilding
> of the navel base and damaged navel ships. Among
> other things, he assisted navy personnel with the
> cleaning and salvage of the ships that were being
> re floated and sent to dry-dock for repair. On
> July 3, 1942, while cleaning out lockers on the
> USS West Virginia, he found a oil stained US
> dollar bill tucked into the back of a seaman's
> locker door. He removed the bill and later that
> day inserted it into an envelope and wrote on it
> "$1.00 Bill taken from USS W. Virginia, July 3,
> 1942". He gave me this envelope and contents
> shortly before he passed in 1996.
>
> My father later was able to enlist in the US Navy
> as a SeaBee and served at various locations across
> the Pacific Theater throughout the war. His
> service during the war, beginning at Pearl Harbor
> as a civilian and as a SeaBee in the US Navy will
> always be appreciated and never forgotten, along
> with all of those that served then and those that
> serve now.
>
> Never Forget!
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> PearlHarbor1BillfromUSSWestVirginia.jpg]
SMITTY GOIN' LOCO
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, RETIRED
Last run July 24, 1992
Sometimes I sit and wonder how come I am not in a mental institution then I take a good look around at everyone else and realize, maybe I already am!!!
