These photos were sent to the Seafarers LOG by Pensioner Horace A. Wiltshire of Norfolk, Va.The photo directly below is of the deck gang on the Mission Sandvan in March 1946. It was taken in Mobile, Ala. Wiltshire is the one kneeling.
Next are the steward and cook on the Liberty ship John Ross. That picture also was taken in 1946.
At bottom aboard the Penn Challenger are Wiltshire (left) and another crew member on the tanker. This photo was shot Dec. 19, 1970 in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Brother Wiltshire joined the union in May 1946 in the port of Norfolk. The Virginia native had his deck department career interrupted by service in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He retired from the union Jan. 1, 1990.
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