Post #682304 by Rum Dog on Sun, Jun 16, 2013 7:23 PM

Just came across this thread. Love it.

Today is Father's Day and I will post a few pictures of my father who served on a destroyer towards the end of WW II.

Here he is (far right) at an officer's club probably in Pearl Harbor. Disappointed that I don't see any tropical drinks. Either my dad and his friends liked to guzzle beer or they had a lousy wait staff.

While his War experience did not make him "tiki" it did have a profound effect on the course of his life. He really enjoyed the beach which made him move to the California coast in the early 1950's.

Here is a picture of him (far left) with a few sailor buddys on an island somewhere in the South Pacific.

Hey! What did you expect? He was from Dodge City Kansas. I doubt if he owned bathing trunks.

With my mom a few years before I was born.
Nice tropical shirt!!! Still beer and not a tiki drink.