Project 365 Vets

Charles Crews fought WWII beneath the Pacific Ocean as a submariner.  He and the crew of the USS Spot were depth-charged 4 times, twice by their own country.

Born in 1921, Crews said, “I lost both parents before my 14^th birthday.  We kids were raised by a compassionate stepmother, but I was on my own at 18.”  Crews milked cows and delivered milk until introduced to his civilian niche as a projectionist in movie theaters. “A friend that operated projectors in the Navy taught me the trade,” he said.

Enthralled by his buddy’s tales of the Seven Seas, Crews tried to join the Navy in 1939 but was turned down.  “Flat feet,” he stated.  Crews found work at the fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta.  “I ushered before a promotion to projectionist in the screening room where they censored films, like trying to cut ‘damn’ from Gone with the Wind

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