Thursday, November 11, 2010

Remember

The Bag Lady's father and two of his brothers served in WWII. The Bag Lady has, in previous years, posted pictures of her father from his navy years, and has some of his things from that era. Recently, she was going through a little zippered pouch that belonged to her father and came across some photographs. One of them was a picture of one of her father's brothers in his army uniform.

This was taken in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC.

The Bag Lady's uncle (who is, coincidentally, the father of Leah, who writes the always interesting blog, The Goat's Lunch Pail) is on the right.

13 comments:

Leah J. Utas said...

Thanks for posting this, Bag Lady.

Cheryl Kohan said...

That is so cool! I love the totem pole behind them.

Anonymous said...

I love totem poles and Stanley Park, but I love honoring veterans even more.
Thank you, Bag Lady, and thank you to your dad and his brothers.

Hilary said...

You, Reb and Leah have much reason to be proud. Thank you to your family. I'm watching the CBC ceremonies, listening to interviews with mothers of fallen soldiers. It's heartbreaking.

the Bag Lady said...

Leah - you're welcome!

Cheryl - thanks. This is a great picture, isn't it?

kcinnova - and thank you to your husband!!

Hilary - You have even more reason to be proud - your son is a wonderful example of our young people!

Missicat said...

Great picture! I need to find one of my dad in uniform - he was in a MASH unit in Korea. He was the company clerk, and no they didn't call him Radar. :-)

Reb said...

Cool that you found that photo Sis. I have never seen it before.

Geosomin said...

That is a great picture...thanks for posting it.
I've been watching the local coverage of the Remembrance ceremony where J is at working the cameras...taking the time to remember today...

Dawn said...

We all owe those brave men and women so much. Nice post Baggie.

solarity said...

That's a good picture; I feel at least slightly acquainted with him.

Mary Anne in Kentucky

messymimi said...

A most wonderful family photo.

May we never forget.

carla said...

internet free day yesterday so Im late to this but we remembered and honored and celebrated around here as well.

Amy Mullis said...

Hats off to the folks that served so well! I'm raising a glass of sweet tea. My dad was a submariner in the Pacific during WWII, so aren't we really long lost sisters in service underneath it all?