Date: 1940's.
Location: Unknown.
Occasion: Unknown.
Photographer: Unknown.
Relationship to me: Father.
Once my mother retired, she went through the boxes of photographs and created historical photo albums. She made one for myself and one for my brother. This is a photograph from the album made for me.
My father was trained in the United States and was a Quartermaster. The Quartermasters are the supply line, and while you would think it was safer than being on the line, think again. You effect more, if you knock out the supply line. My father was stationed in the Pacific and had the chance to be based in Australia, New Zealand, and of course the pacific islands with exact locations unknown to me.
You may also want to check out my other blog, where I have been posting letters that my Uncle Paul wrote to my father. Paul was in Europe and my dad in the pacific. The link to the Shoebox of Letters can be found to your right of this column.
I wonder what that large structure in the background is - and if it could be used to identify the location. Lucky you - with the wonderful album your mom made for you!
ReplyDeleteThere isn't rank on the uniform, so I am guessing this was taken during or shortly after Joe's training. Dad said he was trained at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin, but that might have been basic. I do not know where he did his specialty training.
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