Fred-is-Peace a design in honor of Fred Manor
More About Fred Manor's Service in World War II
minesweeper, which was built at Bethlehem Steel in New York and commissioned on September 30, 1944.
I still have the ticket which Papa had for that ceremony and a framed picture of the Shea, which I have assumed
was given to him at that time. She steamed through the Panama Canal and out into the Pacific Ocean, stopping
at Hawaii very briefly and arrived in the South Pacific in time to join the fierce fighting of the spring of 1945.
The battle, which was fought on May 4, 1945 nearly destroyed the little ship and she was sent home for repairs.
By the time that they traversed the Panama Canal and steamed into the Atlantic the war in Europe was over. The
Shea made it home to Norfolk Navy Yard with lights on and fresh air streaming in the open portholes.
(Veteran's Day is November 11, 2009)
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Mementoes Honoring Fred Manor's Service in World War II
At the death of a veteran every family is entitled to a flag for his or her funeral. The flag in the case is my father's, given to our family in 1999 when he died. The framed picture is the Shea, the destroyer/minelayer or "tin can" that Papa served on and the Purple Heart was his, awarded for the battle which nearly sank the ship. His physical wound was minor, but I believe the psychological scars were not.
Links for Fred-is-Peace
- cafepress.com/margueritemanor
- Please see more articles with my design Fred-is-Peace at this link. In addition, I have many other designs and hope that you will enjoy browsing in my shop.
- Garden for Peace
- What if every single one of us with even just a little bit of land planted a garden of vegetables, herbs and flowers this summer? What if churches, community centers and schools joined in? What if instead of expensive landscaping, large companies planted gardens and donated the produce to local food
- Tin Can Sailors - The National Association of Destroyer Veterans
- Tin Can Sailors - The National Association of Destroyer Veterans - Over 24,000 members and growing
- US Navy Military History Center
- This website is a resource for Navy history and gives a fact a day from the history of the US Navy.
- Marguerite Manor on Zazzle
- This is my Zazzle store. Please drop by.
Papa's Chess Board and Pieces
Chess was one of Papa's avocations. A neighbor taught him to play by as he often said, "beating me at it until I was as good as he was." The friend who taught him had had polio and used crutches. There was nothing wrong with his mind! The chess board is one that Papa's grandfather made for him and it is one of my most cherished possessions partly for its beauty and partly for the associations. One of Papa's chess sets fit nicely into the the cafepress tile box that bears the design, Fred-is-Peace, that I have made in his honor.
Books about World War II on Amazon
Remembering Pearl Harbor (The Story of The USS Arizona Memorial, 1941 - 1991)
Amazon Price: (as of 11/24/2009) 
US Navy Aircraft Carriers, 1942-45: WWII-Built Ships (New Vanguard)
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 11/24/2009)
Us Navy Combat Manual
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Flags of Our Fathers
Amazon Price: $17.82 (as of 11/24/2009)
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Amazon Price: (as of 11/24/2009)
Marguerite Blogs
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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 11/24/2009)
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 11/24/2009)
We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now
Amazon Price: $13.22 (as of 11/24/2009)
Peace: The Biography of a Symbol
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 11/24/2009)
Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 11/24/2009)
Patrick O'Brian Novels and Related Titles on Amazon
The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Amazon Price: $126.00 (as of 11/24/2009)
21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Aubrey/Maturin Series)
Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 11/24/2009)
A Sea of Words, Third Edition: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian
Amazon Price: $11.56 (as of 11/24/2009)
Master and Commander
Amazon Price: $10.04 (as of 11/24/2009)
Patrick O'Brian's Navy
Amazon Price: $21.60 (as of 11/24/2009)
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Marguerite Manor(Peggy Manor to her family and friends)is a writer and graphic artist. She holds a BA in Medieval History with Honors from Stanford Un...
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