Wordless
Wednesday is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to
create a post in which the main focus is a photograph or image.
When
my dad was stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind in 1946-47, he took
pictures of his shipmates during tours to Thule, Greenland but didn’t provide
names. Maybe the family of these sailors
will find my blog and share their story.
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Wendy Mathias. All rights reserved.
This is a curious picture to me. Do you suppose he is scraping and cleaning the side of the ship? You can see the water and he appears to be on the outside of the ship. I know someone who told me he had spent a big part of the time his navel ship was out to sea, scraping the sides of the ship. It's pretty cool that your dad documented so much.
ReplyDeleteThere are several pictures of men scraping or scrubbing. I wonder what they were standing on.
DeleteHey! That's a great question that Michelle asked. Just what is that sailor standing on? Interesting!
ReplyDeleteI have one idea: a smaller boat?? Among the photos in my dad's scrapbook are several photos of small open-air boats that look like a way to get from a ship to land.
DeleteGreat photo - he looks cold.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm sure. My dad said it was the coldest place he had ever been.
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