Pat Clyde and gang, and some of his buddies on liberty in Japan in 1951.
It's a pretty classic shot. There is a similar photograph of me and my buddies in a hotel in the Philipines that was taken over twenty years later!
Flagship Task Force 90
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 Shannon Clyde Email address wrote: My father served in the US Navy during the Korean War. I've copied him on this e-mail. My Dad has given me his Navy memorabilia including letters home, photographs, essays, etc. I am considering putting a Web site together to let folks know what it was like to be in the Navy during the late forties and early fifties. My father, Pat Clyde, was stationed in Guam before the war broke out. He remembers Typhoon Allyn which hit Guam in 1949. He was still in Guam when the North invaded the South in June of 1950. He remembers the Bob Hope show visiting there in October 1950. Dad was a Storekeeper on the USS ESTES ACG-12 when it was the Flagship for Rear Admiral Tom B. Hill Commander Amphibious Group One, Commander Task Force 90. He participated in the Koje-Do Prison Riot supression in February 1952. He has a great story about this action that includes having to climb down the landing nets into the waiting boats during rough seas. On 10 June of 1952 he transfered from ESTES to USS LENAWEE, APA-195. Later in'52 he served on LST 836. In the Fall of 1952 he participated in Operation IVY the Atomic Tests at Eniwetok Proving Grounds, Marshall Islands conducted by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Atomic Energy Commission. Any way, thanks again for keeping the memories alive. I have included a picture of my father and some of his buddies on liberty in Japan in 51. It's a pretty classic shot. There is a similar photograph of me and my buddies in a hotel in the Philipines that was taken over twenty years later! best regards, Shannon Clyde Former RM2(SS), USS LOS ANGELES (SSN 688) Webmaster, World Wide Clyde (http://wwclyde.com)