Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Dr. I.S. Geetter visits Barretts Waikiki January 1945




DR. ISADORE GEETTER visiting sister-in-law Sophie Barrett Waikiki #799 p 26 {F}{S}{H}
Photo by commander Jack Barrett January l945 on front lawn at 2415 Ala Wai boulevard, Waikiki. Sophie Barrett's sister's husband Dr. Isadore Geetter had been a hospital administrator at New Britain General Hospital with five young children born l933 to l942. He was drafted into Navy Reserve and sent to hospital duty in newly liberated Samar, Philippines. Admiral William Furlong very kindly arranged for him to use the Admiral's gig to come on shore for a brief visit while passing through Pearl Harbor en route to Philippines.

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