This photo is from the private collection of someone who is very dear to me but who passed away a while ago. This man is on the left. His name was Charley, and he was a wonderful person. He was a career Navy man. He entered the service in 1942, at the age of 28, as a Lieutenant Junior Grade. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1947. I believe that this photo was taken shortly after the end of WWII, given how happy both of them seem, and because he is in a Lieutenant's uniform.
I wanted to share this picture of him because it makes me really glad to see him with a friend and both of them genuinely smiling. He did a lot of stressful, intense work in the Navy, spent a long time overseas, and wasn't able to be with his family much. I take heart in seeing that there were happy times for him, even in those difficult and lonely days.
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P.S.: does anyone recognize the city behind them? In 1945 he was in Paris and other parts of France. After that he went to Germany, then China. In one of those two he was made a Lieutenant Commander. He did make brief trips home to the US every so often. The two tall towers in the background remind me of the World Trade Center towers in NYC, but those were not built until a few decades later. There are also mountains visible in the background.