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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Paul, some time ago you mentioned that you'd found someone to repair your (grandfathers?...can't quite remember) WWII field watch.
Just curious..was it ever done?
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It is there now.
He has a one year back log....it may be a while. Worth it, however.
Slight correction: the watch was issued to my Grandfather who was a Warrant Electrician in the Navy.
He owned a car and electrical repair shop in Oakland and became a Warrant after Pearl Harbor. He was 44.
He helped outfit and commission the USS Breton, CVE-23:
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Breton_(CVE-23)
His ship was in the looks department, to be kind, an ocean going mud fence.
He served on her the entire time she was in the Pacific during the war.
