A day late, but ...

[leethet]

Because it was so cool to see other people's veteran dads (but it's a big pic so behind the cut)





The story goes that when war broke out my dad, who was in England and apparently enjoyed dual citizenship (U.S./U.K.), went into a British war office to sign up and said "I want to be a pilot." They basically said "Get real, son." So he said "Screw you" and went to the U.S. Army war office. They didn't let him be a pilot either. :-)

The photo was taken around 1941.

EDIT: I should add, my memory places the picture at 1941, but as it's a studio shot, it's not dated, and it seems to me pretty early for him to look so adult, now I think about it. He was in the army 'til the very early 50s, so in theory it could be that late, but I do think it was during the war.

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[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

He is more than handsome, beautiful rather. My father was quite good-looking (and my mother not bad either) but unfortunately I didn't inherited their apparent genes or, if so, in the wrong order!

Interesting story; he was brave as much as seducing. What did he do eventually?

[leethet.livejournal.com]

It's funny - in some ways I do look like my dad (I have his eyes, ears and large nose!), but I'm certainly not "handsome" (in the old-fashioned female sense). He ended up with the very unglamorous job of being a mechanic while in the army. From his stories, though, he seemed to more or less enjoy it (insofar as anyone can enjoy being in the military in wartime, you know). After the war he became an airplane mechanic, which was the job he kept 'til he retired. Today (in a very different way) I work with military planes too. :-)