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1st/502d Infantry, 101st Airborne Vietnam 69/70
Subject: Four Crewmen of USS Anthony on deck with plaque, Okinawa, 1945
Back row Left:- Fred Ertler, Timothy Valanti.
On the back are inscribed in cursive the words, "Okinawa 1945" and that is
all.
The origianl photo is rather badly damaged and required a considerable
amount of rehabilitation in Photoshop before it reached this stage, but it
was my pleasure to do that for you and my hope you find some old shipmates
in it and that it brings you some joy.
By way of introduction, my Father-in-Law, Joseph Myron Currey (of
Sacramento), was aboard the USS West Virginia when it was sunk at Pearl, and
then spent the rest of the war as a pointer in Turret Two of the USS San
Francisco (CA-38). I believe the San Francisco was at Okinawa with the
Anthony, and may share other battle Stars with her as well. Additionally,
my brother served as a Navy Corpsman attached to the Marines in Vietnam,
66-67, and perhaps that all explains why I have a warm spot in my heart for
most any sort of squid :-)
As for me, I was a rifleman and machine gunner with the 1st/502d Infantry,
101st Abn in Vietnam 69/70, so I appreciate your service, sacrifice and
courage, and salute and thank you sincerely for all those things....
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