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Manikin
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1940's My Dad and his brother and my Grandmother . I love those pants on my dad and his brother's uniform was blue and my Dad's was white about 2 years after this photo . Did they change colors ?
Still thinking of my Dad and remembering . I see a young vibrant rebel guy here he had his share of the tough guy life so I heard from his HS friends :-) . Life is gone so quick .
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I just loved the way men dressed in those day..and I so agree with you Manikin... life is!!.. gone to quick... a treasure of a photo!....:-)
Thank you Bellin, MiKKo,Kerry and Inky for stopping by to give some love :-)
Thank you toolate :-) always appreciate your stopping by my posts . Hope all is good with you .
Manikin- The Navy has both white & Blue uniforms...always have. Winter months they wear the Blue Uniform, summer months or in tropic areas, they wear the white....
Thank you tlmbaran for clarifying that :-)
Thank you petey:-)
thank you mrmaj and ttom :-)
Thanks Kevin ! That was a lot of good information and I appreciate it !
Thank you vetraio50 and ttom :-)