I just found out about this site recently when I ran across a Thanksgiving 
Day menu my husband had saved from when he was on board the ship in 1965.  I 
told a friend about the menu and he told me about this site. My husband 
Ernest A. Taylor who was gmg1 when he left the service passed away on Jan. 21 
1989 just five days before his 48th birthday. He had a cancer related to 
agent orange that spread quickly and consumed him in a very short time. I 
want to relate a story about him that was told by the chaplain at his 
funeral. Ernie was always very dedicated to our flag and noticed it more then 
most people do. One day him and I and our daughter were traveling past the 
American Legion in our home town when suddenly Ernie pulled in the parking 
lot and rushed to the door with us wondering what's up. He went inside and 
asked immediately what's wrong, why is our flag upside down?  Of course 
everyone assured him things were OK and proceeded outside to observe what he 
had. It seemed the chaplain; when he hung the flag that morning had to 
struggle with some high winds and did not even realize he had hung it upside 
down. He was quite amazed that it had hung there most of the day and no one 
else had noticed till Ernie did. I was very touched when he told this story 
at Ernie's funeral and he apparently was very touched that Ernie was the one 
to noticed it and remembered it so well himself. Ernie was very proud of our 
flag; and proud to have served under it. Carolyn Taylor