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C.SAM: It is a small world!  

In addition to his job as a medic/USN ambulance driver, he also drove high ranking Naval officers (Captains and above) around the Yard on inspection tours in black Packard sedans. I remember accompanying him on one of those trips when I was about four or five-years old, and being told by the USN Captain riding with us to duck down as we were in a secure restricted area!  

I especially enjoyed my several visits to the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the Navy Days, and once toured the battleship Missouri, and stood on the very deck spot where Gen. McArthur signed the peace treaty with the Japanese officials! On another occasion, I rode a plane elevator on an aircraft carrier to the main deck! Looking back, maybe I had more exciting adventures with MY dad than my Lionel train friend would have had with his dad!  LOL

 

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