Honoring my Parents on Veterans Day

My parents served in the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps. Mom and Dad met when both were stationed in New Orleans in the 1950s. 

Dad served in the Navy from 1940 to 1969. I've written much about his service. You can find more at this link - Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - Dad was stationed at the Mobile Naval Hospital #2 in Aiea Heights, Territory of Hawaii.

Mom joined the Navy in 1952 while working in New York City. She was only in the Navy for a few years but had duty stations in Bainbridge, Maryland (Boot Camp), San Diego, Corpus Christi, and New Orleans. Mom left the Navy a few months before my birth in 1955 and was a Navy spouse until Dad retired in 1969. While Dad was deployed, Mom managed the household and was the sole parent of two children. Thank you, Mom!

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Diana

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Sources

Family photographs and documents from the collection Diana Bryan Quinn.