Posted by Roy Miller on 9/19/2001, 15:36:56 --Previous Message--
While I can't provide a windbreaker, I should confess that I was the Supply Officer who assisted your ggranddad with his purchase. I remember his visit. He had a good time and bought all sorts of Talbot memorabilia. I'll have to look for my old jacket now! Best wishes,
: Hello all.
: Never had the privilege of stepping aboard
: the Talbot, but have always wanted to.
: Silas Talbot, for whom the ship was named,
: is my great (great great great, etc)
: grandfather, so my family and I have
: always followed the Talbot's progress with
: pride.
: My grandfather (who is dead now, sadly) was
: fortunate enough to have been given a tour
: aboard at some point in the 1970s (I
: think) and there is a picture of him with
: the captain on the deck that my father has
: kept in his study for years.
: Anyway, when my grandfather visited the ship,
: he was given (or he bought, I have no
: idea) windbreakers for his children and
: grandchildren. It's been many many years
: since mine fit me, though (the last I
: remember it fitting was when I was about 7
: years old, and I am now 29, so....). I
: was wondering if any of you gentlemen (and
: ladies, I assume) knew how I could get
: some for my family?
: Description: they were pretty basic -- navy
: blue (no pun intended) white logo on
: breast (not stitched or anything, just
: rubber or plastic or something), had a
: white cotton lining. Metal snaps, etc.
: Any ideas?
: PS: odd coincidence you may enjoy. The best
: man at my wedding was a man by the name of
: Michael Conathan, son of Jon Conathan, who
: served on the Talbot! Even odder, the
: priest who married us, Father John Arnes,
: also served on the Talbot (though not at
: the same time)!
:
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