Today my Dad is 82 years old. He was born in 1926 in New York during the great depression. He lived with his grandmother and her son (his Uncle Elmer) until he was 14 years old & then he lived with his parents, older brother, and younger sister in Queens New York.
The very next year in 1941, the japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the country was thrust into WWII. My dad's father was sent to Pearl Harbor with his company from the National Guard. Two years later, my dad's brother went into the Air Force and then two years after that my dad went into the Navy for about 5 years until he met and married my mother in 1949. The Navy ended up letting my Dad go because he needed to be home more often to help take care of all the children. My parents were married for 50 years until my mother went to heaven in 1999.
My dad is a good and honest man; an honorable & hard-working man with a good heart. He and my mother are the parents of 11 children (7 girls & 4 boys of which I am number 9 in the birth order) over thirty grandchildren, & 19 or more great grandchildren. I don't know what the real count is.
My dad is now happily married to Sally who is in the above picture with him.
LOVE YOU DADDY! WE LOVE YOU TOO SALLY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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