My father, age 17, training aboard the light cruiser USS Little Rock as a member of the Naval Reserve, in 1947. The photo was taken by a shipmate somewhere between Newport RI and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He eventually transferred to the army, he now admits, because the "crackerjack" uniform he is wearing in the photo made him feel like a kid in his jammies. That, and an opportunity to enter Officers Candidate School. But mostly the jammies thing.
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