Lowndes War Pictures

Montie Smith holding the Flag (26,997 bytes)

Mail Call for Montie Smith (26,506 bytes)

At Sea:

Snider standing in the Gun Tub. (21,435 bytes)

Jim Tourelle and Sam Sampson swab the Fantail deck (30,668 bytes)

On Iwo: Harley Hughes (34,782 bytes)

On Iwo: Harley Hughes (26,489 bytes)

On Iwo:  Lieuts. Meadows + Pinnell, Earnie Ross and Herb Kears (32,104 bytes)

On Iwo:  Lieuts. Meadows + Pinnell, Earnie Ross and Herb Kears (40,479 bytes)

USS Lowndes

Officers going ashore in Frisco (Dec. 1945) (39,770 bytes)

Montie Smith, Fred Brinkman,

Somewhere in Frisco - Dec. 1945: Herman Leick, Joe Layton, Fred Brinkman, and

Somewhere in Frisco - Dec. 1945: Herman Leick, Joe Layton, Fred Brinkman, and

Two Shellbacks: Ding-Dong Henkels as Deputy Pegleg and Pop Vleck as Davy Jones (33,036 bytes)

Pollywogs: Including me (Brinkman) on left side. Comdr. Jitz Drennan holds bedpan;

Montie next to Gig (Yes, those breasts are just lemons). (25,964 bytes)

Ralph Smith next to Gig (26,152 bytes)

On Ship - Dec. 1945: Top row: Bob --, Montie Smith, L. Brown, and

Big Manila Bar: Center: Brownie and Nerison (41,631 bytes)

Lucian Brown, Nerison, and Smitty in Manila (28,820 bytes)

At Sea between Aft Gun Tubs: Me (Fred Brinkman) and