Dad's War Diary - January 23rd, 1944

My father passed away last February. The same day my youngest daughter was born. Among my father's personal effects, was his war diary. My brother graciously gave it to me (Thanks Steve:)). I've decided to start posting entries from my father's diary here on my blog. The entries are short, dealing mainly with where he was at the time. I'll try to include context if I can. This is more for my own personal healing. I can't believe my Dad has been gone for almost a year. I'll still post pictures. But I'm going to post these as well.

January 23rd 1944: Went aboard a British transport (Aquitania). Left New York the night of the 23rd for Scotland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania
http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/Aquitania.asp

My Watch

My Watch
Originally uploaded by Scott Dungan.

This is my newer (4 year old) pocket watch. Its nice but doesn't have the character of my older Elgin watch.

Snow Day (2)

Snow Day

Weathered

Weathered
Originally uploaded by Scott Dungan.

The key.

Originally uploaded by Scott Dungan.

Riley -- the photographer.

She's pretty good too:)

Measure twice...

Measure twice...
Originally uploaded by Scott Dungan.

Tools from the shop...

Once upon a time. Bucks fans were happy:)

Well between the Gator and Michigan alumni at work. I feel pretty bad about the game on Monday... Well not as bad as this Bucks grad...

Paige and Mima~~

Look! The tree is right there.... Now give me my presents.

Paige - Making Faces

Riley at Mama's

Glowing

Glowing
Originally uploaded by Scott Dungan.

I liked the color version of this image so much. I reprocessed it as a black and white. I like how it turned out.