The pictures on this page are from My
father's (Earnie
Trahan's) WWII scrap book & photo album. If you can identify any of the unidentified people
in these photos, please contact me by clicking here.
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L to R: Earnie Trahan
T.J. "Larry" Eggelston
Harold Whoolery
Howard Marlar
Unknown
Kermit E. Wimberley |
The same 6 Friends aboard the USS Ormsby |
The same 6 Friends aboard the
USS Ormsby |
Men playing ball aboard the USS
Ormsby |
Sailors
standing on a stack of life rafts. That may be a movie screen
below them. |
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The same 6 Friends aboard the
USS Ormsby |
The same 6 Friends aboard the
USS Ormsby |
Dad had a 20-day leave allowing
him to be home for Christmas 1944 |
Mom & Dad
Dorothy & Earnie Trahan
Christmas 1944 |
Dad (Earnie Trahan) & my Uncle
"Buddy" (Robert E. Marsh) meet by chance in Honolulu |
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Earnie Trahan |
Laundry Crew Top Row: J. P.
Choppa, W. E. Smith,
K. E Wimberley, ? Bottom Row: Larry Egelston, Earnie Trahan |
?, J. P. Choppa, W. E. Smith, Larry Egelston |
W. E. Smith & ? |
This patch never got sewn on to
Dad's uniform. |
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Dad & a friend drinking warm
beer on an unknown beach |
Dad & a friend |
Dad (Earnie Trahan) |
Unknown friend of Dad's - Note
Ormsby & landing craft in background |
Dad & a friend |
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Dad in front of San Diego
rollercoaster which Mom loved to ride |
Mom & Dad in
"Tia Juana Jail" |
"Walker" & Dad
Honolulu June 1945 |
George W. Walker & Earnie Trahan
Honolulu June 1945 |
Ship's Dance May 1945 Moose Club
Seattle Washington |
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A page from Dad's WWII Photo
Album |
Charles Shippey standing center |
Mom & Dad at the Swing Club
Hollywood, CA |
Dad's Shellback Certificate |
Dad's Shellback Certificate
Detail |