My late father served in the Navy during WW2 and the Korean war and one of his many stories he told me was about the signs that some of the businesses posted in Newport News saying "Dogs and Sailors Keep Off the Grass."

Apparently at the beginning of the war, some of our seaports weren't exactly enamored of our sailors and their interaction with the local young ladies.

There he is waiting for the gang to join up in the middle of the photo.

In today's world, one would never think of letting kids out alone at that young of an age. Back then, everyone was your parent, and watched out for you.