I knew y'all had to be up to something good but had no idea it would be this good! What a thrill it must have been to tour the USS TARAWA!!!!! Yep, you bet I'm jealous! :-)
Thank you so much, snippy and SAM, for sharing this wonderful experience of a lifetime with us!! Love the pics!! Right now I'm sitting here with a big dopey grin on my face, knowing what a thrill it must have been for you to get to walk through the areas where those fine Sailors and Marines walked during the war. Lucky, lucky, lucky!!
I had the pleasure and honor of having a couple of pen pals on the TARAWA while they were deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom and had met Brian here at FR. Many happy tears were shed when this ship came home.
Brian, you're a gem for arranging this experience for snippy and SAM. I said it in July and I'll say it again...
For an old ground pounder, who only has read about these ships, I was impressed with the men and women of the crew and the ship. I would have been lost in about 2 minutes once we were below decks. How these sailors and Marines can find their way around and not end up tripping over hatchways or banging their head on bulkhead doors is nothing short of amazing.
