WW2 Ship

We loaded up the car and went to G'ma & 'pa Coon's house in the

quad cities this weekend.

They had a house full we even took g'ma Pam with us so mommy could car shop and she could visit some real garden nurseries. Jill Todd & Nathan came to along with Dan Kristi Grant Luke and Wes gudeman man it was busy!!! but, a ton of fun!

While we were there a WW2 ship was docked on the Mississippi and everybody but mama pam and Jaycie went and toured. Talk about cool it was quite an experience for all 5 of us little boys! You can not believe how all of those men lived on their way to the beaches of Normandy! We also saw a parachute the size of our house that they used to drop the tanks on the beach. I got to see where the enlisted guys slept which was rope cots stacked 4 high on all sides of the room with about 2 feet in between the top and bottom of each cot. Grant put on a helmet that the men wore during battle. I also got to see an ambulance that was used that was on board as well. The guns where huge and had 2 seats on them for 2 guys to load and fire at the same time.

The enlisted men had no shower the officers had about 1 shower per 15 beds and of course the captain did have his own shower. On the beach of the river, they had an amphibious vehicle that was a boat in the water and had wheels for when they got to the beach.

I am taking the pictures to school tomorrow to show all the kids. Yes thats right today was my first day of school I will have more on that and pictures in the next post!