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Dad at PY-Y-Do in Korea about 1968. He was the pilot of the C-47 that brought supplies to the island. The passengers hated landing on that beach with crazy cross winds. He said they used a logging chain as a wind sock.

He was home on leave after being gone for 6 months. On the second day of what was supposed to be a month at home with us the Pueblo was siezed. The Air Force called in the middle of the night and he was gone for another year.

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I miss ya dad.

not too long after getting back from WW2 - doing his thing. I need to find the photo of him age 18 as a coprsman in the Pacific.

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3 generations

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My Mom and Dad. They've been married 51 years and still hold hands.

My dad lost his dad when he was 7 and lost his stepfather when my dad was 15. He went to High school at night to earn money to take care of my Grandmother during the day!

Dad is the first of his line that didn't have a degree. He had to work his but off to fed my Grandmother and a few years later my Mom.

His skills are many. The '40 behind him they've owned it since 1961. I came home from the hospital in it. Everything but paint and interior in the car he did ( he made a back seat for the car for grandkids)

I love and respect both of my folks! I have only seen them angry at each other a handfull of times. Both have worked their tails off to get to middle management. and they're enjoying a good life in retirement. 3 kids, 9 grandkids.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1368547462.jpg My Dad's great grandfather. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bremner

Dad, mom and me. Hawaii 1963. Dad was a jarhead.

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My Dad just before going in the Navy 1942....
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Gas was 16 cents a gallon.
I've got some pics of him being pulled out of the Atlantic after his plane lost power during takeoff on the US Wake Island. I'll try and find them....

Then and now.

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One of the senior captains at my airline flew EC-47s in Vietnam c1970-72. Tells great stories of flying with the windows open at 8-10,000 feet and tossing K-rat cans out the window into the propellers. The cans would ping off of the blades and they would try for "secondaries," which meant the can pinged off the prop and then against the fuselage.

My Dad on the left and uncle on the right about 1935 or so.
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My Dad in 2010, surf fishing at Myrtle Beach.
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Wendell Lewis doing his duty for his country and a couple months ago, great Dad. His father used to abuse him verbally, physically but my Dad was man enough to know not to carry that on. Never a negative word always positive tells me how much he loves and appreciates me to this day. Spanked me once when I was a kid, but I deserved it. LOVE HIM!!!
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my Dad in the middle. All three are "Joes".. Friends for life.

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This is one of the best threads ever, IMO, and the pictures are terrific. The story above reminded me of 1 year ago, hanging with my dad and his life-long pals at the coffee shop they go to every day in Minneapolis. I posted this photo before in another thread. My dad is in the center of photo, like I said previously, he's been battling cancer and is in rough shape but still doing his best. The two guys on either side are both 81 y.o. and looking great. The guy in the red shirt is an older guy from the neighborhood who was 90 when I took this, my dad has known him for 70 years.

Jim Cox, the 90 y.o., fought in WW2 and was telling us great stories that day about the little import business he started in while in Europe, this guy is one of those real hustlers who's made millions in life building houses and a doing a bunch of other stuff. He also told us about filling transport planes with Scotch in Scotland for the generals in Germany and France at the end of the war, this was one of the missions they regularly flew. He said that they put so much booze in the planes that they would barely take off. :D:D

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Honolulu 1944

Great photo, Todd.

Thanks, Denis.

I get chills whenever I look at it. My dad is 96 now and lives at home by himself, still very viable and healthy.

He is one of the toughest human beings I have ever known.

I spoke to him last evening and as usual all he wanted to do was talk about politics. I listen intently but rarely infuse my own beliefs--I simply can't out-maneuver him.

I need to go see him soon.

Pops in '68, Anderson AFB, Guam
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And in '10, holding my newborn son.
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working night at the Staat Oper..
front center..
Flying Dutchman..

My Dad is a car nut. This is his latest toy, and no, it's not real.

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This is one of my favorite threads. My dad has always been a strong man and not one for illness and hospitals. This year, he has had his first visit for cancer treatment at 75. Happily he is doing well. He is a great and loving man. When I was a kid, he would name the year and make of cars that I carry on this with my boy. I am very happy I have named my only child after him. Unfortunately, I don't have a pic of him handy...I'll have to search for one.

You wouldn't want a photo of my dad. Eww yuck, it would be really disgusting. I mean the guy has been dead for 20 or 30 years.

My Dad...
 

My Dad is 88 1/2 years old and very proud of it! Unfortunately his eye sight is terrible and cannot drive my Porsche... Born and raised in Berlin Germany but he has spent over 60 years in Canada. He is a proud Canadian but a true Berliner at heart.




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