This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1829.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Sue, I remember now that when I turned 18 I had to sign up. My Dad did not see action that I know of, but was on the USS Missouri when it went through the Panama Canal , one of the first to go through. Em