Seaman 2c, United States Navy



This is one of my favorite pictures of Daddy....... He's a young handsome single boy, just 18 years old. He was on the base at San Padro waiting to be shipped out to Great Lakes Naval Base. Daddy said he can still remember this picture being taken back in 1944. Daddy enlisted in the Navy on July 19, 1944. He was a Seaman 2c. (2c stands for second class.)

If you look in the background you can see that other sailors have their wash on the line.  Daddy said you had to keep those tee shirts white. A salior had to be perfect. Shoes shined, shirt pressed, crease in your pants and your hat on straight.