On Board

Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)

7 thoughts on “On Board”

Coffeypot on December 23, 2011 at 01:39 said:

They didn’t look like that in my Navy. More like linebackers. But then I was at sea quite a bit, so even the linebackers looked pretty good to an 18/19 year old.
- NavyOne on December 23, 2011 at 02:23 said:
  
  Were they inside or outside linebackers?
Kristen McFarland on December 23, 2011 at 02:43 said:

You have to remember, these young people found themselves in the Navy five years after WWII was over and the very start of the Korean conflict.. just a thought, if these people are still alive, they must be in their mid-seventies to eighties…the circle of life…and then some…k
Bookworm on December 23, 2011 at 04:11 said:

I really LOVE that picture. It doesn’t just seem as if it comes from the past. Instead it has the feel of an alternate universe.
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NavyOne on December 23, 2011 at 07:13 said:

Kris: The circle of life indeed.
Book: An alternate universe known as the Navy!
Debbie on December 23, 2011 at 18:17 said:

Great picture. Some things never change.