Ty...Now, THIS was a thread!
My Dad was in the Navy, (Frogman, enlisted a month and a half after Pearl Harbor, he was on the Hornet then transferred to the Wasp (Boatswain's chair) 3 days before she went down...
He had 'kibbitzed' with 2 of the Sullivan boys, days prior.
I was born Oct. of '42.
Always love your posts...