RiverDog
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One day, just for the hell of it, I decided to do an internet search on my dad, Merlin Morehouse, not exactly a common name even for his time. After going through a couple of links on my nephew who is an MD and was named after my dad, I stumbled onto the below.
My dad was inducted in November of 1944 into the Navy, and at one point, was assigned to a Marine Corps base in Klamath Falls, OR. Dad was a very good athlete, all state halfback in football, ran the 100 yard dash in 10.0 in track. He told me a lot about his time in the service, but he never mentioned that he had played football while he was in, so this search result was a huge surprise to me. One of my good friends, a 30 year career Navy man, was unaware that they had such a robust football program during the war.
Anyhow, I just thought it interesting and worth sharing. In the picture, my dad is on the far left.
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My dad was inducted in November of 1944 into the Navy, and at one point, was assigned to a Marine Corps base in Klamath Falls, OR. Dad was a very good athlete, all state halfback in football, ran the 100 yard dash in 10.0 in track. He told me a lot about his time in the service, but he never mentioned that he had played football while he was in, so this search result was a huge surprise to me. One of my good friends, a 30 year career Navy man, was unaware that they had such a robust football program during the war.
Anyhow, I just thought it interesting and worth sharing. In the picture, my dad is on the far left.
