Mopar Addicts - How'd You Get Hooked?
I was in Pearl Harbor aboard the Destroyer USS Carpenter from 1965 to 1967. What was the name of his ship? I was a sonarman tracking submarines.
I don't know the name of his ship, all I know is it was a Fletcher Class Destroyer. He always said that the ship should have been retired 20 years before he was on it....
he was officer in charge of damage control. If the ship got hit, he was in charge of the crew to put out the fire and patch up the leaks to keep it floating.
Both mom and dad are gone now, so I can't ask them.
When he enlisted, they shipped his 62 Sport Fury convertible out there it was white with blue interior. Mom got him the pick of the litter Crown Jewel Dalmatian for his birthday in 1965. Mom was a 5 foot tall brunette.
So if a guy who drove a white 62 Sport Fury Convertible with blue interior, had a 5 foot tall brunette wife and a Dalmatian with lots of spots and diamond shaped spots around her eyes, that was him.... His knick name was Spike. He got out late 66 or early 67, after putting his 4 years.
They also lived in the Navy housing while they were there. I remember mom telling how they looked out for each other while the husbands were out at sea. One time a Navy wife was mugged and she screamed, and a couple of other Navy guys came running to help her and chased the guy away.
He did say that he sailed to the Phillipeans once. I know that he sailed to Japan as there are a couple of good stories about when mom went to visit him there in 65, then my older brother was born 9 months later in April 66. (I like to tease him that he was made in Japan - it's true.... However, he has the distinction of being born in Honolulu hospital, so is a natural born Hawaiian. - I was only made in Hawaii, and born in Chicago... BFD.... LOL!).
Did you know the story about when some Navy guys went to that bar in Hawaii that had all of the monkeys in the cages, and someone bet that they wouldn't open the cage....
Well, the guy that opened up the cage had to round up all of the monkeys after he let them out. Like 1-3 of them got away, and he had to pay for them....
Dad took us to that bar once back in 75 when we visited Honolulu, and they still had some monkeys and he told us the story....
