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1. Hello, I am working on a project to look up my grandfather’s fellow US Navy D-Day shipmates from World War 2; he served aboard the destroyer USS Forrest DD-461. One of the crewmember’s was Torpedo Mate 2/c Eugene A. Kastner: I was wondering if you were related to him and/or knew of his naval service in WW2? If so, I would like to request any information you might know of his navy service. In addition, recently another family member of a USS Forrest sailor who was also a torpedo mate contacted me with news of a photo of Mr Kastner and they wanted to pass along a copy to his family so that it another reason I am trying to contact you. Thank you very much for your time and ya’ll have a great day! Best regards, Brian US Army (Ret) REF: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152338363/eugene-kastner

   • Thanks for contacting me. That’s pretty interesting work you’re doing and I appreciate it very much. Yes Eugene was my father and I remember seeing pictures of the USS Forest destroyers escort when I was a little boy. I would sure love to have a copy of that photo of him that you mentioned. That would be terrific and I will look through my archives to see if I have any navy pictures. I do have him and my mom Ruthie when they were just a young freshly married couple in his sailor outfit. He looked pretty damn Sharp in those Blues.