Some Family Photos

As part of our family Monday night dessert get together we've decided to scan and identify family photos.  We kept my Dad busy going through a collection of photos from his father and mother.

Here's a picture of my Dad with his Dad and also my Dad with his Easter basket. Both circa 1925 or 1926. 

 

 

Here is Dad about 1944 in Luzon province of the Philippines. He was a medic in the US Army, was wounded twice while rescuing wounded soldiers, received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star. He came home from the war and went to work for National Cash Register, declaring that he'd seen enough of blood and death and declined to go to medical school.  His mother and Aunt Mabel hounded him into applying to Ohio State Medical School, which he did half heartedly.  Aunt Mabel, who worked as a secretary at Wright Patterson Air Force Base offered to type the application for him. In the process she rewrote the application making sure to include his war record.  He was admitted to Ohio State Medical School and graduated in June of 1950. He married my mother that same month.