November 11

[roxy]

This is my dad. He's holding me. My dad served in the Army--WWII, and in Viet Nam. He did thirty years and retired. The Army probably gave him a better life than he would have had in Florida at the time. My dad wasn't a service kind of guy. Once he got out of the army he was done. I think the thing he valued about his service was meeting my mom when he was stationed in Europe. (warbaby here).

He gave up a lot for this country, and in my opinion, gave a lot more than he got. When he came back to the States with my mom, it took them forever to find a place to live. Service wasn't good enough. He was a vet, but he was a Black vet, and that didn't mean anything to anyone. Still, he overcame, and eventually, Black vets were recognized for their service too.

So anyway, my dad--handsome devil.

Comments

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Wow, your family really made a huge contribution! The nurses are another group of folks mostly ignored for their service. They were amazing--what they had to go through.

[supesfan88.livejournal.com]

Yup, the Queen even drove an ambulance in the front lines during WW2. No body really talks about that outside of Remembrance day though, which is horrible. Think of all those diseases and things they had to face...just to come back and face the Housewife life of the 50s...insane!