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Title: My Uncle
Post by: Forker on May 28, 2012, 07:56:06 PM

My uncle Malcolm Dillard Carroll served and died aboard the Submarine USS Herring in World War II.
It was sunk by two direct hits from shore batteries to the conning tower off Matsuwa Island on June 1st 1944.
He was 24 years old and a veteran before the war broke out.
My Mother recently told me that he used to call all of the “Gung Ho” people that joined up after Pearl Harbor “Flag Wavers”…… I thought that was funny.
<Salute> Uncle “Bubs”


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Title: Re: My Uncle
Post by: MarineUS on May 28, 2012, 09:24:11 PM

 :salute to him

and

 :O at your avatar  :aok

Title: Re: My Uncle
Post by: Shuffler on May 28, 2012, 11:18:28 PM

 :salute :salute

Title: Re: My Uncle
Post by: PFactorDave on May 28, 2012, 11:27:03 PM

 :salute

And double  :salute because he was a Submariner!  Even today it takes a special kind of person to be a submariner, and back then even more so!

Title: Re: My Uncle
Post by: rpm on May 29, 2012, 12:22:03 AM

 :salute

Title: Re: My Uncle
Post by: SIK1 on May 29, 2012, 01:17:52 AM

 :salute

Title: Re: My Uncle
Post by: Klam on May 29, 2012, 04:51:25 AM

 To your Uncle :salute

My Great Grandfather was a submariner in the Royal Navy WW1.
My Grandfather (the guy in my avatar) was Acting Leading Signalman on HMS Formidable during WW2

Real men.
Thanks to them, we have our liberty today.

My Son is a Royal Marine. 
Thanks to those still serving, our Grandchildren will have the same liberties tomorrow.

Title: Re: My Uncle
Post by: Maverick on May 29, 2012, 11:09:09 AM

 :salute May he Rest in Peace.

Title: Re: My Uncle
Post by: Midway on May 29, 2012, 11:55:38 AM

 :salute