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JimLongley · 04-02-2005, 07:55 PM

Here are the pics from the shark watch mentioned in another thread.

There was always someone around with a camera for "important" events like this.

Our ship's swimmer had just come out of the water and was describing a large shark he had seen. I was one of several standing shark watch and the camera guy took some pics as events unfolded. Unfortunately I only have these two, I was either not in the others or other people claimed them.

In the first pic I was just going from my relaxed pose in the doorway to full alert. I am about to try to load my Garand with a cigarette between the fingers of my right hand.

In the second I have moved the cig to my mouth, pushed the clip into the gun, and am transferring it back to my left hand as I step off toward the rail. The guy who was to my left in the first pic is now heading over to get in on the action, one officer is heading over to look over the side as another climbs to the deck above and I am not sure what everyone else was doing.

[TASF]Overkill · 04-02-2005, 07:59 PM

Bad-ass.

(Put %20 instead of a space in that first picture)

one-eyed-fatman · 04-02-2005, 08:13 PM

You said clip, you said clip, and it was a clip.

JimLongley · 04-02-2005, 08:57 PM

Yup, it was a clip that I inserted into the magazine.

MrTuffPaws · 04-02-2005, 09:10 PM

That looks like a clip to me

WWIIArmsLover · 04-03-2005, 06:44 AM

What year were the photos taken?

JimLongley · 04-03-2005, 08:47 AM

1969, or maybe 1968 - wait, I am sure it was 1968, or....

slowpoke13 · 04-03-2005, 03:38 PM

Ahh.. the memories. I wish I could back to sea... Soon soon... I remember those dungarees. I hate the new utilities. What class of ship was it? I spent 5 years on a spruance class tin can. We got some good shark bait time. especially during swim call in the Indian ocean.

JimLongley · 04-03-2005, 09:09 PM

Sumner class DD. I have some pics of swim call in the Med, including me standing watch a lot less alertly (Hey, I was in the duty section, so I wasn't getting any beer.

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slowpoke13 · 04-03-2005, 09:50 PM

We never got beer.. They always made sure of that... And it sucked... We only had a few swim calls while I was there. Although, I did get to jump off the bridgewing..

04-02-2005, 07:55 PM	#1
JimLongley XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Allen, TX Posts: 822	Shark watch, and other stories (maybe) Here are the pics from the shark watch mentioned in another thread. There was always someone around with a camera for "important" events like this. Our ship's swimmer had just come out of the water and was describing a large shark he had seen. I was one of several standing shark watch and the camera guy took some pics as events unfolded. Unfortunately I only have these two, I was either not in the others or other people claimed them. In the first pic I was just going from my relaxed pose in the doorway to full alert. I am about to try to load my Garand with a cigarette between the fingers of my right hand. In the second I have moved the cig to my mouth, pushed the clip into the gun, and am transferring it back to my left hand as I step off toward the rail. The guy who was to my left in the first pic is now heading over to get in on the action, one officer is heading over to look over the side as another climbs to the deck above and I am not sure what everyone else was doing. __________________ Gun control is very small groups - OFFHAND.

04-02-2005, 07:59 PM	#2
[TASF]Overkill XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 2,446	Bad-ass. (Put %20 instead of a space in that first picture) __________________ "Semper facere bonum, an a amare odium, vita mors." [Do good always, whether through life or death, love or hate.] "He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish." Photo thread is back! (Until next disaster)

04-02-2005, 08:13 PM	#3
one-eyed-fatman XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10,162	You said clip, you said clip, and it was a clip. __________________ corporate America's logo: If at first you don't succeed lower your standards and beg the government for bailout money. Our governments bought and sold by corporate America like pigs going to market. I'm waking up at the start of the end of the world. http://home.houston.rr.com/gunpics/images/one%20eye.wav

04-02-2005, 08:57 PM	#4
JimLongley XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Allen, TX Posts: 822	Yup, it was a clip that I inserted into the magazine. __________________ Gun control is very small groups - OFFHAND.

04-03-2005, 08:47 AM	#7
JimLongley XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Allen, TX Posts: 822	1969, or maybe 1968 - wait, I am sure it was 1968, or.... __________________ Gun control is very small groups - OFFHAND.

04-02-2005, 09:10 PM	#5
MrTuffPaws XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: NorCal Posts: 759	That looks like a clip to me

04-03-2005, 06:44 AM	#6
WWIIArmsLover XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Posts: 174	What year were the photos taken?

04-03-2005, 03:38 PM	#8
slowpoke13 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NoVA, Washington DC Posts: 382	Ahh.. the memories. I wish I could back to sea... Soon soon... I remember those dungarees. I hate the new utilities. What class of ship was it? I spent 5 years on a spruance class tin can. We got some good shark bait time. especially during swim call in the Indian ocean. __________________ XD-9 SC Southpaw

04-03-2005, 09:09 PM	#9
JimLongley XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Allen, TX Posts: 822	Sumner class DD. I have some pics of swim call in the Med, including me standing watch a lot less alertly (Hey, I was in the duty section, so I wasn't getting any beer. ) __________________ Gun control is very small groups - OFFHAND.

04-03-2005, 09:50 PM	#10
slowpoke13 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NoVA, Washington DC Posts: 382	We never got beer.. They always made sure of that... And it sucked... We only had a few swim calls while I was there. Although, I did get to jump off the bridgewing.. __________________ XD-9 SC Southpaw

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