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VETERANS DAY, 2026

November 11, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Behind every veteran on Veterans Day are people who got them on their way.
In this photo the force of nature is on the right.
It’s my Mom.
My Dad and his brother Rex had a plan to join the Marines and stay in for the long haul.
Ma had other plans.
She wasn’t an ideal service wife.
She didn’t want to live in base housing after their first time sharing a quonset hut with another family, a sheet separating them in the middle.
And the Old Man decided her way was the best way.
That’s him with the sword.

 

 

Their first kid was born in a Navy hospital, the second in an Army hospital.
I don’t think she liked that, either.
Her third and fourth kids was civilian births.
Imagine a woman stronger than the Marine Corps.
Now imagine a decorated Marine agreeing with his wife on their future.
He went from Korea to the classroom and became the first to graduate from college.
Was I inspired by my Dad?

 

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PS:

Our dads had a lot going on. Luckily they had the right wives.

 

PSS:

Veteran’s with families are proof of life after service.
A tip of the lid to you all.

 

These were my guys.

 

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