The RMS Queen Elizabeth, arriving in New York with returning WW2 soldiers in 1945.
If you ever get the chance to watch the silent drill at the USMC barracks in DC do it.
It'll give you goosebumps.
I had one EXACTLY like that! Wore it out...
I had one EXACTLY like that! Wore it out...
Why doesn't that surprise me?
The RMS Queen Elizabeth, arriving in New York with returning WW2 soldiers in 1945.
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My grandfather came home on the Queen Mary. He said the covered much of the interior of the ship with plywood sheets to keep it from getting too beat up…