{"id":3393,"date":"2009-01-15T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T19:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/15\/winter-photos-from-world-war-ii\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T00:56:27","slug":"winter-photos-from-world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3393","title":{"rendered":"Winter Photos from World War II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My father served in the U.S. Naval Armed Guard in World War II . The Armed Guard\u00a0was considered to be the second most hazardous assignment in World War II, after the Marines. The photo below shows my father performing one of the less hazardous parts of his duty aboard the S.S. Daniel Drake while the ship was\u00a0near Archangel, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Frank-Danko-Archangel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Frank-Danko-Archangel.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Danko aboard the S.S. Daniel Drake near Archangel, Russia\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5438972162740899;width:254px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Frank Danko\u00a0aboard the S.S. Daniel Drake<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOURCE: Frank Danko aboard the S.S. Daniel Drake (near Archangel, Russia). Photographed by unknown photographer in the winter of approximately 1943-1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While my father was serving in the military, my mother was living in Worcester, Massachusetts. The photograph below shows her with three of her friends. My mother is the girl in the upper left. Her best friend, Peggy O&#8217;Leary,\u00a0is the girl in the upper right.\u00a0I don&#8217;t know the identity of the other two girls.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Jane-Niedzialkowski-and-Friends.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Jane-Niedzialkowski-and-Friends.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Niedzialkowski, Peggy O'Leary, and Friends\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4730158730158731;width:464px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Jane Niedzialkowski, Peggy O&#8217;Leary,&nbsp;and Friends<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOURCE: Jane Niedzialkowksi, Peggy O&#8217;Leary, and Friends (Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts). Photographed by unknown photographer in winter, early 1940s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written for the 64th Carnival of Genealogy &#8211; A Winter Photo Essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My father served in the U.S. Naval Armed Guard in World War II.  The Armed Guard was considered to be the second most hazardous assignment in World War II, the Marines having the most hazardous. 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