Ensign Slaff on board
the USS Benewah APB35

Slaff was a flight rigger for LTA
("lighter than air") craft,
or "blimp."
[Inset pic in upper right shows Slaff on mast watch. ]

Paramaribo, Dutch Guinea
[Slaff is front row, R]
1943 or 1944

On the bridge of the
USS Benewah

On the
USS Benewah

On the
USS Benewah