..... Reluctantly I turned around and went back down the hangar bay towards the barbershop, but wait how about plan ‘B’? There certainly was no time to get a haircut before this last liberty boat left for the next 2 hours. Slipping back to the end of the line I tucked my hair tightly up under my hat and headed for pending doom. Before the chief once again, I saluted smartly exclaiming, “how’s my shoeshine now chief”? The chief looked down at my gleaming shoes and returned my salute and said, “nice shine, sailor. Permission granted”. I almost cracked. Down the brow I went to the liberty boat. A true story.

..... My web sight is: http://www.mgte.com (2003 address). When you go there you will see, at the bottom of the page, a small picture that says, “BYE-BYE INDY”. Click on that and it will take you to the Indy page and from there you can find hundreds of pictures to see. If you have some pictures send them to me and I will scan them and send the pictures back to you. Or you can send them to me in digital. Give me the years you were on the Indy and I’ll be happy to put them up on the page with a click-on button with thumbnails. It won’t cost you a dime and it will add to the knowledge and database for the USS Independence.