Veterans (a tribute)

my great grandparents

Bill and Nina Mackie

my grandfather (papa)

Tokyo 1946

papa

Mac Arthur's Car, Tokyo

papa

Real gun, Real bullits, not for each other------Manila 1945

papa

Convalesnce leave, Hoover Dam 1947

papa

Manila 1945 Not My Hat,Stole it from a Navy Ensign

papa or stinky

Tokyo, Sept.1946.. Tokyo General Hospital before shipped home. arived in San Francisco Oct 1946 (Met Vi there)

Papa's legs were burned and Mamma took care of him. She affectionately called him stinky because he smelled of burn flesh.

my grandmother (mamma)

mamma

After Sur. Tec. School. Georgia 1945

mamma

San Francisco . The Gen Omar M Black was the ship I was on going to Japan in Feb.1946

mamma

San Francisco 1947

papa

Ditto

mamma

Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco, 1947

my grandparents

S.F May 1947

mamma & papa

S. F. 1947

Please note that in these pic's there is usually one perfectly dressed Soldier, and One who was never properly dressed as a soldier.

papa - I love this picture (isn't he handsome?)

Basic Training, Texas, July 1945

mamma

my father

Midshipman 1966-69

my parents

Thank you all for your sacrifices and your service.