| USS Kansas in the Tagus River |
 Luís Miguel Bonifácio sends
these images and though he doesn't know the exact date when the photos were
taken (perhaps July of 1921) he has deduced that his grandfather was on a
ferry crossing the Tagus River from Lisbon to Almada (which still is in use
today) using to the position of Ajuda Royal Palace, which is the building
visible on the left side of the Kansas over the rear. His Grandfather
was Rogério Pinto de Lemos Pereira, and although his father
was a merchant navy commander, he was an army officer (Infantry) and was
severely wounded in France at the Battle of Armentiéres (9th of April
1917 - Start of the last German Offensive). This photo of his Grandfather
was taken at Lisbon in the hospital gardens (1921) where he was still recovering
from the wounds to his legs which, fortunately the doctors manage to save.
He was Born in 1895 and died in 1974. |
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