On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> >Bad luck! 8^(. Do you know what boat your Uncle was on?
> >
> >I count the military as an excellent experience though I was ready to get
> >back to the "real world" when my time was up.
> >--
> >Doug
>
> My mother might know the sub names. He retired from the navy before I
> was born, with 20 or 25 years. He passed away 15 years ago from cancer.
>
> There was a group of them from my little town that all served together
> down at newport news VA. The one still living was an airplane mechanic.
> He only went into a sub once at the dock and hated it; but one time he
> took my uncle for a plane ride down to Florida and back, and my uncle
> swore he'd never fly again and he never did.
>
> Another weird thing, my uncle was at least 6'2", if not taller. I'm sure
> that was big for those subs during WWII and even later.
Dan's uncle who served on a sub during WWII is pretty tall, at least 6'.
(Dan's about 6' (more like 5' 11.5") and he's the shortest guy in that
family.)
When did the Navy start instituting height restrictions in subs? (Doug?)
I know they had them in the 1980s, one of Dan's friends from high school
who was fairly tall joined the Navy and was not allowed to serve on a sub
because he was fairly tall.
Julia
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