Shipmates Page 6

Bob Dowling and his gig

This is Bill Prentice on liberty at Waikiki Beach.

In the background over his right shoulder is the

Royal Hawaiian Hotel. I haven't been back to

Hawaii since 1955 but I am certain that whole

strip is now nothing but hotels

Bill Hagwood on the beach at Waikiki. 

Bill Prentice took the picture.

This is a silhouette of Bill Hagwood with the

LST 1073 in the background.

Everett Jones HM1 First Class Corpsman

  The LST 1073 is in the background.

Notice how calm the ocean is.

Everett Jones HM1

Don German

July 27th, 1953 the day that the Korean War

ended.  Don was with the flag compliment,

John Nida, ??, ??