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Jananas Bananas
11-09-2009, 06:37 PM
:nanertank:Do you have any pictures you would like to share? Here is my hubby, Sgt First Class Gregory Sumner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26457&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26457)

I am very proud of him! ~JaNan

Jananas Bananas
11-09-2009, 08:26 PM
:parachutenanner: My Dad - USMC retired

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26458&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26458)

Jananas Bananas
11-09-2009, 08:38 PM
One of my Brothers (also named Greg) Navy man:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26460&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26460)

Jananas Bananas
11-09-2009, 08:43 PM
My son J.J. USMC (with me and my daughter Jamie) at graduation in San Diego:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26459&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26459)

Proud Mom and Sister! :)

mjdsinsacto
11-09-2009, 09:29 PM
Inspired!

Brilliant idea to have a gallery dedicated to the men and women who defend this country, and our way of life.

bencelest
11-09-2009, 10:07 PM
Me on the right, When I was young in the US Navy relaxing on deck of USS Jason (ARH-1)



<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26464><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26464&size=1 border=0></a>

And when I was a first class petty officer

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26465><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26465&size=1 border=0></a>

which later on to become chief petty officer

Jananas Bananas
11-10-2009, 09:30 AM
Very Handsome Benny! :) Thank you for your service and for posting! ~JaNan

bencelest
11-10-2009, 10:44 AM
Very Handsome Benny! :) Thank you for your service and for posting! ~JaNan

Oh, thank you so much Janan. I really enjoyed my tour.
Here I am in chief's uniform. And the Navy was good to me financially and still reaping many benefits today including free medical for my family for over 25 years now.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26469><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26469&size=1 border=0></a>

Dalmatiansoap
11-10-2009, 11:29 AM
Woohoo Benny!!!
Bravo
:woohoonaner:

Jananas Bananas
11-10-2009, 11:54 AM
I just received this email I hope you all enjoy! ~JaNan

Click on the link below!

On this November 10th, 2009, the 234rd birthday of the United States Marine Corps may each of you "Leathernecks" past and present as well as your decendents celebrate our other birthday with pride and please remember to pray for all our troops where ever they are today protecting our freedom.

Speakers ON.......

Take care and God Bless & Semper FI

God and the Spider...a very special thanks goes out to Betty for this one... (http://home.att.net/~mcp3_2000/_classics/009/god_spider.htm)

Jananas Bananas
11-10-2009, 02:40 PM
Here's My Uncle Gary USMC (he sent me the email and the link):

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26470&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26470) ~JaNan

Jananas Bananas
11-10-2009, 06:54 PM
More military family pictures:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26473&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26473)

Jananas Bananas
11-10-2009, 06:58 PM
My other brother Eddie lower right Navy:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26475&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26475)

Jananas Bananas
11-10-2009, 07:11 PM
This is the grave of my great, great, great, great, great Grandfather with reinactors standing at his grave in period costumes from the Mexican war in which he served:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26474&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26474)

bencelest
11-10-2009, 07:54 PM
:nanertank:Do you have any pictures you would like to share? Here is my hubby, Sgt First Class Gregory Sumner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26457&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26457)

I am very proud of him! ~JaNan

You should be. I don't blame you.

john_ny
11-10-2009, 08:18 PM
Ja Nan sent me a PM, asking me to post a pic. I said that I would try to see what I could find, as it's been a while. I rummaged through some boxes of old prints, (we didn't have digital cameras then) and this is all I could find. I'll have to ask my wife where some more are. I know there is one, where when I was about three years old, my mother dressed me in a sailor suit

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26478&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26478)

CValentine
11-10-2009, 09:02 PM
My Husband, My Soldier... :) ~Cheryl

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26466&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26466)

Jananas Bananas
11-10-2009, 10:49 PM
Thank you John for taking the time to find that picture to post for me! And thank you for your service sir. I sure hope you can find that picture as a 3 year old! You are as good looking as your hibiscus and that is saying something! :)

And thank you Cheryl ~ both for yours and your hubby's service! He is very handsome as well! Are we lucky ladies or what?

We are all so proud of all of you!!! You are all our real life heroes! ~JaNan

mjdsinsacto
11-11-2009, 02:56 AM
In celebration of the 234th Marine Corps anniversary--my veteran marine son is on the right. All were taken at MCRD in San Diego and Camp Pendleton in California. He served 2 tours of duty in Iraq, and returned home safe March 2008.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26483&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26483)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26485&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26485)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26482&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26482)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26487&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26487&ppuser=5841)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26486&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26486&ppuser=5841)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26489&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26489&ppuser=5841)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26490&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26490&ppuser=5841)


Whooooooooooorah!

Jananas Bananas
11-11-2009, 07:51 AM
Thank you MJD for sharing those pictures with us. Yet another very handsome Marine! :) Thank him for us for his service!!! ~JaNan

CValentine
11-11-2009, 10:50 AM
Yes JaNan, we are lucky ladies!! :D

I want to personally thank all Veterans & those Soldiers currently serving...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!

~Cheryl Valentine & Family

Patty in Wisc
11-11-2009, 12:41 PM
mjd, where are the pics you posted? Nothing there :(

mjdsinsacto
11-11-2009, 01:19 PM
mjd, where are the pics you posted? Nothing there :(

Patty, it's posted here, but the album is private.

Patty in Wisc
11-11-2009, 01:43 PM
In celebration of the 234th Marine Corps anniversary--my veteran marine son is on the right. All were taken at MCRD in San Diego and Camp Pendleton in California. He served 2 tours of duty in Iraq, and returned home safe March 2008.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26483&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26483)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26485&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26485)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26482&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26482)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26487&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26487&ppuser=5841)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26486&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26486&ppuser=5841)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26489&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26489&ppuser=5841)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26490&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26490&ppuser=5841)


Whooooooooooorah!
This is weird! The original post # 19 shows no pics, but w/ this 'quote' of that post, it shows links to the pics. Is it my puter acting up again LOL?
They way it shows up here is what I see ... no pics, just blank.

Jananas Bananas
11-11-2009, 01:52 PM
My pictures are not showing up now either for MJD, but they did last night and this morning. I don't know what's going on? ~JaNan

mjdsinsacto
11-11-2009, 02:09 PM
This is weird! The original post # 19 shows no pics, but w/ this 'quote' of that post, it shows links to the pics. Is it my puter acting up again LOL?
They way it shows up here is what I see ... no pics, just blank.

that's peculiar ... i see the images in the quote box. i'm guessing they're only showing for me, as owner of the private album.


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Eric
11-11-2009, 04:13 PM
Yep. If an album is a "Private Album", the only one who can see them - even when they're posted, is the owner of the album. Found that out about 2 months ago when I wanted my "for threads only" pics to be private so people wouldn't keep asking why I was putting weird pics in my albums :o. Had to make them "Public Albums" again so I could show the pics in posts.
Btw, Thanx :) for all the great pics of the people who protect our way of life! Think we all owe them a LOT! I know for sure I have relatives that fought in World War 2, Vietnam, & Korea. Next time we're at Gram's, I'll take my CyberShot & try & get some digital pics to post.
Great thread, JaNan :) ! Thanx for starting it!

saltydad
11-17-2009, 11:34 PM
I finally found a pic for this thread. Not of me, but of my late Dad. He was in the Pacific in WW 2, and then was with the Army of Occupation in Japan after the war. Here's a pic of him, Morris Gorinson, in Japan.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/4113482727_85d14832b6_m.jpg

mjdsinsacto
11-18-2009, 07:32 PM
My Marine Son on His First Tour of Duty (Iraq, 2006)

Guard duty
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26974&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26974&ppuser=5841)

Buddies in the field
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26973&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26973&ppuser=5841)

Locked and loaded
(i just noted that my son is carrying 2 weapons)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26977&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26977&ppuser=5841)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26978&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26978&ppuser=5841)

Ready, Aim ...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26976&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26976&ppuser=5841)

Stop over enroute to final destination (I think this was on the way in)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=26972&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26972&ppuser=5841)

CValentine
11-18-2009, 09:22 PM
Awesome Howard & MJD!!!

Here's my Soldier, taken this morning...Passed his PT test with flying colors!!!
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv49/valentines12/006.jpg~ Cheryl

mjdsinsacto
11-19-2009, 06:34 PM
I found this comment attached to one of the images I posted for this thread.

Posted byMaque username

Registered: July 2008
Location: Sweden
Posts: 37
Thu November 19, 2009 7:09am

The only flag I belive in is white!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make bananatrees, not war!!! Nah!


I posted the image particularly for this thread--for like-minded members who have servicemen in their families.

I will move them to a private album.

Jananas Bananas
12-07-2009, 08:18 AM
Here's more pictures of my military family:

Grandfather
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27525&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27525)

Father
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27527 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27526)

Youngest Brother
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27524&size=1[/ur]

Uncle
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27526 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27525&ppuser=5614)

Aunt's Father
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27523&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27523&ppuser=5614)

~JaNan

Eric
12-07-2009, 01:45 PM
Hi again, guys :). One of the subjects I'm studying, this year, is American History. And it was on this date that an attack, on U.S. soil, occured that was at least as brutal as 9-11. This is the site of the attack:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27529&size=1

It started because of military tensions, between the US & Japan, that were building over the course of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War. Attempting to stop the invasion of China, the US & Britain started a scrap metal boycott, an oil boycott, freezing Japanese assets, and (finally) a shutdown of the Panama Canal to all Japanese shipping. While this was going on, Japan began secret experiments with shallow water torpedos that might be effective in a Pearl Harbor offensive. The experiments began in January of 1941. Since Japan had no oil of it's own, the oil boycott was very effective... but not effective enough. On November 26, 1941, the Hull note was issued. The note only demanded the retreat of the Japanese from French Indonesia. But the day before, Japan had already deployed the largest strike ever launched from Japan. The secretly launched strike force was not recalled and was made up of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, and 3 submarines. Pearl harbor (named after the Hawaiian name, Wai Momi which meant pearl water) was not on alert status when the bombers hit. There's been lots of ideas & rumors about why they weren't, but nobody knows for sure.
Anyway, at 7:53 am (Hawaii time), Sunday, December 7, 1941, a wave of Japanese warplanes descended on the numerous, unsuspecting military bases in Pearl Harbor with a hailstorm of bombs that were followed by a second wave of the same. 90 minutes after the start of the attacks, 2,000 American soldiers and civilians were dead, 200 aircraft were destroyed, & 12 ships (including 5 battleships) were destroyed.
Luckily, the Pacific Fleet's 3 aircraft carriers were not in port at the time. Also, oil storage deposits, machine shops, & dry docks were spared cause the Japanese wanted to avoid detection by the then-alert US military bases.
9-11 was a terrifying thing but one we all remember Very well. Pearl Harbor was the first devastating attack on US soil and one that should be remembered too.
I'm writing this in rememberance of those who lost their lives on this date, in 1941. Let's hope that and 9-11 never happen again.

Caloosamusa
12-07-2009, 02:43 PM
My Uncle Hamilton went through the Pearl Harbor attack aboard the USS Phelps. He did not survive the war however as he was killed by a suicide plane off Okinawa aboard the USS Evans.

Remember!!! :2239:

Jananas Bananas
05-15-2010, 08:23 AM
R & R !! :woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31596&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31596)

~JaNan

CValentine
05-15-2010, 11:04 AM
Look at you 2 happy LOVEBIRDS!!! :D ~Cheryl

Patty in Wisc
05-15-2010, 12:14 PM
:woohoonaner::woohoonaner::woohoonaner:
Happy for you Janan:)

CValentine
05-16-2010, 01:31 PM
Leaving for training... :( ~Cheryl

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31621 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31597)

klemmthamm
07-04-2010, 09:24 PM
Well here I am... I am currently still in Iraq. Hope all is well with everyone here.

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs657.snc3/32472_1483779892890_1185637685_1403568_6314669_s.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs474.snc3/26000_1400792738263_1185637685_1200168_4318785_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs507.ash1/29956_1450581942962_1185637685_1322831_3160677_n.jpg

saltydad
07-05-2010, 12:22 PM
Klemmthamm-

Look forward to seeing you back stateside! Stay safe.

Howard

Tony O
07-05-2010, 09:05 PM
I'll second that. :bananas_b Be carefull over there my friend. Come home safe.

Jananas Bananas
11-11-2011, 09:45 AM
Been back from Iraq for over a year now! It's been so good having my hubby home! :)

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/August82010212.jpg

~JaNan