IVAN VAN METER ..continued..

Jack LaPeer

To: sarj57

Sarj,

Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 8:08 PM

Sarj Bloom

I got your email today and I glad you enjoyed the aerial photos. I'm guessing that the photos were taken while Ivan was still in the USA, but I can't make out where the locations were. This group I've attached to this email are similar and may be duplicates in couple of instances. There is a photo of a Sam Vosevitch, Lt. JG that fits into this group somehow. I think I see him as the pilot in one the aerial photos I sent you earlier. These pretty much finish this group of mainly unidentified aerial shots that Ivan took while I'm guessing he was still in the USA. The next group will be from his ship, the USS Bogue. The Bogue was one of the smaller aircraft carriers, that first saw duty in the Atlantic, then at the end of WWII in the Pacific. In the Atlantic, the Bogue did escort duty and was part of submarine hunter­ killer group. If you want, Sarj, there's a fair amount of online info on the USS Bogue and it's service duringWWII. Several submarine kills were credited to it's aircraft.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these additional photos.

Jack LaPeer Orleans, MI

SAM VOSEVITCH   LT JG 

 This is how I imagined my time in the Navy to be like, instead I spent most of my time in the labs. But I did have my moments.

 This plane above was the type that us sailors actually got to start the engine on in Norman OK at Airman Prep School. It was indeed exciting to sit there in the cockpit and imagine you are going to fly off to war.  There must have been at least 20 some of these planes along the airstrip for us to get familiar with. I think it was an A-?  help me out with this. OK?

AND MORE TO COME SO ENJOY!

more.....IVAN VAN METER COLLECTION

from his daughter through Jack LaPeer.

The above  image looks to be a card poking fun at the officers etc. of the training School. 

This photo seems to be of Ivan's Bootcamp Company. Maybe his daughter or someone can point him out and confirm this.

and then there are more postcards...I believe from the bootcamp that Ivan went to in New York?

Come back for more photos.  I just received another group  of war planes from Jack LaPeer.  I'll post them soon.  By the way Jack believes as I do and I think Ivan's daughter would like to donate all of these photos and negatives to a Navy Archive Organization so if anyone knows who or where we can write to please contact me. 

 sarj@sarjbloom.com