lci222

lCI 222

Here we are taking on passengers. This photo was taken later in the war because the radar is on the ship. Often we would pull into a harbor where there was no place to tie up our ship so I would dive off the conning tower into the water and they would throw me a line and I would tie our ship up to a buoy. The other guys thought I was crazy and they were always afraid of sharks. I didn't worry about it and I was never bothered whenever I went swimming which I did a lot.