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Frank Kroetch & Daniel Pinna at the Missouri Kroetch family photo
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Frank Kroetch & Daniel Pinna at the Missouri

The Missouri is on the right, a destroyer on the left. My father (Frank Kroetch) carrying my son (Daniel Pinna) when he was about 2 1/2 yrs old. My Dad was on a destroyer in WW2 (the Killen) and I love the generational/history feeling of this photo.

The Missouri was in Bremerton Washington when this was taken - where my mother grew up and where the Killen was first commissioned. My father was a plankholder, being on the Killen from commissioning to decommissioning in San Diego. ... show more

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Frank Edward Kroetch

Mini-biography
Born: Mar 26, 1927 in Hoquiam, WA, United States
Died: Jul 11, 2001 (age 74) in Bellingham, WA, United States
Cause: Heart Failure
Also in this photo: Frank Edward Kroetch at 56 years old  ·  Daniel Joseph Pinna at 2 years old