[Red_Devil 232]

I hope y'all don't mind if I honor my Dad on this day with a big ol' vanity post. 

These are pictures of my Father. USMC - 2nd Marine Division, during WWII. Except for the portrait the others were taken by him or, of him, with his camera. The quality is not the best because they are scanned. He was a Professional Career Marine -25 years. He survived WWII, Korea, and as a civilian advisor to the Laotion Army and Air Force from 1963 to 1973. He was 89 years old when he passed away.

The picture below is of my Father (right) and his younger Brother. I believe it was taken on Tinian, Mariana Islands. His Brother had been wounded and was recovering when they met up for this photo.

This is a picture he took of the Second Marine Division Cemetery on Tinian, Mariana Islands.

I am not sure of the location of this picture of him. It could have been Korea.

 

This is a picture of my Father and Mother before they got married. They met while he was stationed at Treasure Island in San Franciso. She was a telephone operator.

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He is on the right in this photo.

This is me (right) outside of our main hanger, in front of our sandbag bunker in DaNang 1972. USMC VMFA 232   F4-J Phantoms.

 

[rockabyebaby]

Welcome COMRADE! Thank you for sharing pics of your dad. We honor him and all others who have served our country.

[stylecouncilor]

Cool!

[divine_moment_of_facts]

You are the spitting image of your dad! He lived a long and honorable life. Thank you so much for your service and his.. God Bless.

[mware]

Wow you are the spittin’ image of your dad in those photos.

[Winstons Julia]

Oooh. Those pics are awesome!

Thank you for sharing.

My grandmother, who is 101, saw all three of her brothers (this must have been before Private Ryan) go off to WWII at the same time. She said they visited before the boys left and when they went back a month later, her mother’s hair had gone from brown to grey.

All three came home, but the youngest, Pat, who went up the Anzio beachhead (the other two were in Pacific theatre) didn’t live to a very old age. Pat’s twin, Ruth, is the only one of my grandmother’s siblings left alive. She’s the oldest.