O.K. This is what I looked like about 47 years ago. This was on the U.S.S. Sandlance SS 383 while in Hawaii on our way to the South Pacific. (I should have stayed in - and stayed that young(LOL)). I did have a good time on the boats and I think I was just naive enough not to realize you are only there to keep a weapon operating until it has expended all of it's fighting capability and then it (and you are expendable). Of course the Navy wants the boat back so they can use it again and again. I guess that may not be too accurate of an analysis. They did put this boat out of commission and we were taken off and re-assigned to another boat, then they sunk this one as a target. But, in war time, this is just a weapon system designed to inflict the most damage to the enemy as it can and if it is lost, then it was a good investment. People are important, but we must always keep in mind that there is a bigger need than just our skin. Sometimes 'purpose' is more important than skin (Jesus taught us that). The memorial photo is a display of Plaques with the names of the Submarines that were lost/sunk during the second World War. This is not often shown on "the Visitors sight seeing maps", but it is on the "Submarine Base" at Pearl Harbor. There were an average of 85 to 100 men on each boat.