USS Ormsby (APA-49) Photo Gallery 3

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.
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
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.
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
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
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