Remembering a veteran who served 80 years ago: my Dad.
Pictured below, third from the left.
He volunteered during WWII to serve as a Chaplain even though he was married with two children. He felt he needed to do his part and reached out to the brass in the Pentagon in charge of Army chaplains to make his case for enlisting.
He served from 1944-1947 first in New Caledonia then Fiji Islands before being transferred to Fort Ruger in Honolulu, Hawaii.
I don't know the occasion for the photo. Obviously everyone else has been awarded some trophy. Maybe he did the awarding but I just don't know. By 1946 he was in Hawaii where my Mom and older siblings got to join him.
What a great picture to have. I love old pictures.
ReplyDeleteNice photo. Your Dad looks SO young. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteMy father served to--in Burma, most of the time.
ReplyDeleteMy father served in Korea.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture.
Cathy
My father was a Seabee on Guam.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a day to remember.
ReplyDeleteA pity you don't know more about the photo. Nov 11 is Remembrance Day in Aus, to acknowledge the end of ww1. At 11am there's a minutes silence. My Dad was in the ADF in New Guinea in ww11.
ReplyDeleteMy father worked in the naval shipyards in Bremerton, Washington, during the war and my mother worked at GM building airplanes.
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful photo with your Dad. I have love and much respect for our veterans.
ReplyDeleteWhat a man he must have been! And tall!
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