Diva's Dad in his army uniform in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, 1960. Luckily, he never saw any action from the Vietnam War and spent some of his tour in Europe. He is alive and well and residing in Michigan where he enjoys the company of his grandchildren.
My mother's father and my grandfather George Scott at Ft. Sheridan (third from left on bottom) Grandpa had a wife and four children at home in Michigan at the time and gained his U.S. citizenship by fighting in World War II. He came home to his family and fathered three more children and lived to a ripe old age.
A letter written by my grandmother for my mother (Becky), her brother(George) and sister (Brenda) to their dad during the war at a time when snail mail was the only option and letters both ways were anticipated and cherished.
Thank you to all of our soldiers, past, present, fallen and alive, for their bravery and sacrifice.
La Diva will be back tomorrow with Meatless Mondays!
Beautiful sentiment. Thanks for sharing this! My family was liberated by Patton and his troops in Manila at the end of World War II. I am forever grateful to our American servicemen and women.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachel, all of us have so much to be grateful to our veterans for.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us La Diva!
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect photo for today. It's just awe inspiring!
ReplyDeleteDad spent time in Europe in WWII, got plenty of photos given to me when he passed on at 85...
ReplyDeleteWas your grandfather's name George C. Scott? I was just watching Patton yesterday and it came to mind when I read your post.
ReplyDeleteMy father was Air Force and stationed in Germany around 1955 but we don't have many pictures (I think - we have boxes at my mother's house that we are still going through). So it looks like both our fathers were fortunate in their service timing.
Thanks for the Memorial Day memmories.
This was perfect Diva! Thank you for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post!
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