USS Yosemite AD-19

Yosemite Log - Lyle Ivan Schlup

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Albert Seguin | Ray Morales | Robert Langford | Lyle Ivan Schlup

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Hi Jim,

I really don't have much to add to most of the labels my son put on the photos.

There is a photo of two sailors in their white uniforms; the one on the right is Caniel Reiley. the other man is my father, Lyle Schlup (on your left). You might want to identify him.

There is also a piece of paper with two recipes on it for homemade moonshine. That was given to my father on board. I find it interesting that no one needed to tell him how to build the still.

As far as stories about my father, he just never said much about the war. I still have the chain his dog tags were on, but he tossed the actual tags.

For me personally, my uncle tells the story about my mom being in the hospital and recovering from the ether just after I was born. The nurse walked in and asked what the baby's name was going to be. My mom thought someone asked her where her husband was going for training. anyway, she was a bit groggy and said "Virginia." So I was more or less named after the Navy yard in Virginia. My mother said that wasn't true, but my uncle says that he wasn't under the effect of ether and it was so true.

Just as a side note, I still have my father's blue wool uniform, two wool USN blankets and a hat from the Canadian Navy that my dad traded his for. Of course a pillow cover from Hawaii and his photo album.

My mother also saved about 60 newspapers from the war and I have those. I have one from my birth date, from December 7, 1942 and D-day along with VE Day and VJ Day.

I am continually fascinated by documentaries of WWII and many of the movies. The movie "They were Expendable," is even sadder after I saw the movie "The Great Raid" and the documentary about the rescue.

In closing, I have been pleased to be a small part of the the "Mighty Y' and the effort to keep the memory.

	The Yosemite during the war years			Anniversary			Anniversary
	Beer Check			Bill Anderson			Buck and Bill
	Christmas 1944			Christmas 1944			Christmas Dinner
	Christmas Dinner			Crew			Lyle Schlup & Daniel Reiley
	December 3rd Service			December 3rd Service			Discharge
	Early Meal Chit			The Ensigna			Golden Dragon
	Meal			Meal Prep in the galley			Meal and a nice cigar
	Serving line that did not change much over all the years			Moonshine			On Board
	Railway			Rating			Rating
	Rating			Rating			Request Form
	Ribbons			Sleep Chit			Swimmer
	Thanksgiving			Thanksgiving			Thanksgiving
	Thanksgiving			Thanksgiving			Thanksgiving
	Thanksgiving			USO Show Front			USO Show Back