Climbing My Family Tree » Maritime Monday http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com One Branch at a Time Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Maritime Monday: Coast Guard Pictures http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/12/06/maritime-monday-coast-guard-pictures/ http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/12/06/maritime-monday-coast-guard-pictures/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:22:33 +0000 Jenn http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=1159 Last week, I posted some WWII-era Coast Guard pictures that looked very strange to me.  Thanks to my uncles for their insight on what was going on.  It all makes sense now.

I was in the Air Force (not that I know anything about planes) and my husband is in the Army.  If the picture had been of tanks, Andy could have given me a detailed 50-page report on it.  Anything boat or navy-related is not my thing.  I still find the pictures interesting, even if I’m clueless.

This week, I am sharing some more pictures of Coast Guard operations. I have posted one of these pictures earlier this year.

Is it just me, or does it seem odd that they are transporting a vehicle on two very small boats?  And the boats are facing opposite directions.  How would they move?  One would be going backwards.  Why would they need to move this vehicle?  Are they on an island somewhere? Am I just a complete ditz?  Anyone out there have any ideas?

]]> http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/12/06/maritime-monday-coast-guard-pictures/feed/ 6 Maritime Monday: Strange Maritime Photo http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/11/29/maritime-monday-strange-maritime-photo/ http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/11/29/maritime-monday-strange-maritime-photo/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:08:22 +0000 Jenn http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=1075 I know that my grandfather, Donald Sanchez, served in the Coast Guard on the Cutter Fir, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.  He also later served in the Merchant Marines.

This was amongst his pictures and I’m having a hard time trying to figure out what is going on – or if there just isn’t really a point to the pictures.  Are those Coast Guard uniforms?  Is that ice on the deck for goodness sakes?  Brrrr!

And here is another, similar picture.

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