Courtesy of Mike Jelenic
The "Pope" docked at Okinawa. Only stop we made before reaching
Vung Tau.
 

Courtesy of Robert L. McGrew

This picture was taken in 1943 while Robert McGrew and "Big John" were anchored  in the
south Pacific off  the Solomon Islands. Robert was an original crew member of the John
Pope in 1943. Today he is around 78 years old and living in Pearland (Houston) Texas.