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| U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692 | |||||
| Charlie Blackburn's Memorabilia Collection | |||||
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Before we begin with the
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| L-R; James Vernon Dodd, Willie Nathan Lanxton and Loyd George Nuby | "The Gang" | Top Row L-R;
Lester Ray Morley, John Gerald Dietz and Charlie; Bottom Row; Earl
Joseph Moran, Lonnie Max Cole, Howard Wilson Heckler and Cecil D.
Gillenwater |
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| Marion Olie
Green and Charlie |
Charles Erwin Alderson | Charlie hard at work! | Ermeno Giovanni Perrotti |
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| Herbert C. Marsh and Charlie | Charlie and John Gerald Dietz | Charlie drying his Skivvies! | James Thomas
Burns, Jr with the spotting scope so familiar to Quarterdeck watch
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| Charlie and
James Thomas Burns, Jr |
James Thomas Burns, Jr | The Skivvie Wavers Mascot | The Sumner's radars |
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| Lonnie Max Cole and Merlin William Fenelon | Phillip
Arthur Golden wondering what that mascot is! |
A great place to rest, on top of the Director | Merlin William Fenelon, Lonnie Max Cole and Charlie |
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| Charlie and
Ermeno Giovanni Perrotti |
Robert Martin Lyons | Irving Markowitz | In port, time to relax |
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| Charlie working again? | Bravo Zulu Charlie, sit back and take it easy! | ||
An article about one of Charlie's neighbors who took part in Operation Crossroads
Many thanks to Charlie for sharing these pieces of our history