Sunday, June 10, 2012 Stewart Butten, Family Friend
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- January 10, 1942 was my fathers 58th birthday
- Loudelle Holliman Ferrell
"Thanks to the Japanese, boot camp was cut short, and we apprentice seamen were held to a 'waiting' game at the Norfolk, Virginia Navy base - pending a permanent assignment to a school or ship. We had taken all sorts of tests to determine the fields most suited to our talents. Throughout those few weeks of waiting, we were given KP duty and stood watch. January 10, 1942 was my father's 58th birthday (Ulyss S. Holliman, 1884-1965), and on that day I was transferred to the Key West, Florida Navy Sound Operator school. With trepidation, I boarded a troop train late at night and headed for this new adventure. The only good thing to come from this was the enjoyable train ride on the way south. We followed a circuitous route, not knowing where we going at first. Another two sailors and I shared a compartment on the train, enabling us to be separated from the throngs of other service men who filled the cars." - Bishop Holliman 
Attitudes within the nation were changing as the reality of war set in. In the letter excerpt below, Bishop's sister, a sensitive Loudelle Holliman Ferrell, laments the fact that her son and daughter have been affected by the global conflict. Her son, Charles Halford Ferrell, had received a toy gun for Christmas. Carolyn Ferrell Tatum is the four year old sister of Hal. Notice also Loudelle writes of a hasty wartime marriage, marriages which were occurring all over the country as men were called to the armed forces. One such marriage also would occur that same month in the Holliman family. Below in 1943, Charles 'Hal' Ferrell, while not in uniform, seems to have learned to salute the attention of the girls! 
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