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.

Comments

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

He may have never been a pilot, but he certainly could have passed as one. He looks so dashing!

[leethet.livejournal.com]

He does look rather dashing, doesn't he? That photographer did a good job. In most regular ol' photos, he looks nice looking, but not quite so ... you know, glamourous. :-)