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Topic: Astronaut Pete Conrad's left arm tattoo
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Paul78zephyr
Member Posts: 692
From: Hudson, MA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-03-2006 08:57 PM
  
In this photo, a tattoo can be seen on Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad's left forearm. Does anyone knew what the tattoo was? It kind of looks like the ship (Intrepid?). |
Tom
Member Posts: 1622
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-03-2006 09:15 PM
The tattoo does look like a sailing ship. |
FutureAstronaut
Member Posts: 372
From:
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 12-03-2006 09:15 PM
I don't have any knowledge of this, but it could be an anchor. I don't mean to stereotype, but a lot of Navy guys have anchor tattoos. |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 12-06-2006 08:01 AM
Courtesy of the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, the following is a second shot of the tattoo. I fear it does not help much (but part does appear to be an anchor).  |
PC JR
New Member Posts: 3
From: Uvalde,Texas,USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 12-06-2006 11:09 AM
The tattoo was an anchor and his intials with a rattle snake head. He had it put on his arm during WWII. He was 15 years old and he wanted to look like a sailor or an adult he was small in stature and looked very young. |
Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 12-06-2006 12:13 PM
Pete, thanks for posting. Your Dad was a special guy. I'm sorry I never got to meet him. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3170
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-06-2006 12:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by PC JR:
The tattoo was an anchor and his initials with a rattle snake head.
Thanks so much. Do you recall or have photos to check to know if the blue anchor was surrounded by stars, with his initials underneath? That is what I read somewhere. |
PC JR
New Member Posts: 3
From: Uvalde,Texas,USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 12-07-2006 10:19 AM
If memory serves me right I believe the anchor was blue and there were stars around it. I know he was not very proud of it and that he did not want any of his children to have tattoos. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3170
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-07-2006 01:24 PM
Thanks so much for that recollection, much appreciated. |
Paul78zephyr
Member Posts: 692
From: Hudson, MA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-07-2006 05:55 PM
Hello to PC JR! I did not know that you were Pete Conrad's son. I am so glad you are here and answered my question. Your father was, is, and will always be my favorite astronaut. He made being an astronaut seem very "human" and always acted like a regular guy, not stuck up or anything like that. I'll always remember how you father stood up for the DC-10 which was a great plane. And I'm old enough to remember the "Do you know me..." commercials. And I did! God bless Pete Conrad, he is missed. |
Philip
Member Posts: 6066
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-26-2020 09:33 AM
Here's a post-flight Gemini V September 1965 photo showing Pete Conrad wearing his personal Glycine Airman automatic GMT pilot watch... tattoo visible! |
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