Happy Veteran's Day

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Thank you to my Grandpa.

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Attachment 38099 Thanks to my fraternal grandfather WWI service ArmyAttachment 38098 Thanks to my Uncle WWII service Navy VBP-203 Navy PBY Squadron.
We will never forget.

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If that's yout Grandpa on the left he looks like a movie star of the era.

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Dad, my sister, dad's brother, in front of gramma's bar.

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Dad, my sister, dad's brother.

With PBR sign in the background. Great photo! Go Navy!

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If that's yout Grandpa on the left he looks like a movie star of the era.

If you're referring to my pic, I agree. My Grandpa seemed to have an interesting background. I have some personal things of his that showed he worked at the Diamond Walnut growers, I think operating some kind of machinery. And when he joined up he worked at a place called "Addressograph", Which I think did something with power lines. But I think he was a salesman. And my Grandma said he also modeled suits at one point or another. Crazy. I'll tell my Grandma you think he looks like a Movie star. My Grandma is third from the right and she is still alive. 91 years old. She met him at a USO and it was love at first sight kind of thing. He died in France, July 27th 1944.

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Besides my fellow Veterans, I want to thank my Father who served on Iwo Jima from D-Day+6, my uncles who were Marines that served across the entire PTO, My sister, a Capt. in the Army Reserve as a nurse during Desert Storm, and my older brother, an officer who served two tours in Vietnam and won the Bronze Star.

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If you're referring to my pic, I agree. My Grandpa seemed to have an interesting background. I have some personal things of his that showed he worked at the Diamond Walnut growers, I think operating some kind of machinery. And when he joined up he worked at a place called "Addressograph", Which I think did something with power lines. But I think he was a salesman. And my Grandma said he also modeled suits at one point or another. Crazy. I'll tell my Grandma you think he looks like a Movie star. My Grandma is third from the right and she is still alive. 91 years old. She met him at a USO and it was love at first sight kind of thing. He died in France, July 27th 1944.

Errol Flynn maybe? One of my oldest friends Dad met his Mom In Little Rock Arkansas at a USO event. He was from Chicago (son of Polish immigrants) she from a small farm in Arkansas (daughter of Slavic immigrants). Wonderful folks both. He was badly injured in a bus accident on his way to be deployed and story goes he was fortunate as most in his unit did not return.
Give Grandma a hug and a thanks from a stranger for here sacrifice so long ago.

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Besides my fellow Veterans, I want to thank my Father who served on Iwo Jima from D-Day+6, my uncles who were Marines that served across the entire PTO, My sister, a Capt. in the Army Reserve as a nurse during Desert Storm, and my older brother, an officer who served two tours in Vietnam and won the Bronze Star.

Thanks to you and your family members for preserving the freedoms we enjoy and far to many take for granted.

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Thank you. I think Errol Flynn might have had a mustache like that, eh? I'll have to look him up on the internet. LOL. My Great Uncle served in WWII also, I always forget. He was a mechanic in the ETO. He was of German Heritage also. All his other brothers dodged the Draft in Canada because they didn't want to fight Germans. Or so the story goes. But not my Uncle Rob. He served his current country. I don't think it was an easy decision.

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I don't think it was an easy decision.

Trying times in hindsight. I can only imagine how trying the actually were in real time.