Family at the front gate

George, Kurt, Eleanor with a cousin

Kurt, George, Eleanor and Daddy

George 1942

Uncle Albert (far left) daddy’s brother, Division 5-E Prometheus, US Navy 10/23/1943

World War II metal scrap pile 1943-44 Eleanor, Kurt, George

Eleanor, Me, George, Kurt and Butch

Daddy, George and me on VE Day

Picnic lunch in the side yard. Daddy had bought the truck for use around the farm.

Kurt, Butch, me, Daddy, and George 1945

Daddy, George and me.

George and me crabbing, probably at Sabine Lake.

One of the Army Convoys that rolled down Highway 90, especially from 1941 through 1948.

During WWII all families contributed anything needed for the war effort. This pile was down the road from our house.

VE Day – Victory in Europe, the end of World War II in Europe. May 8, 1945. People celebrated by scattering newspapers all around their homes after word was broadcast of the signing of the armistice!

Mother, Mama George, Kurt, and me with Buster and Snips 1948

Kurt and George bathe Butch, while I keep guard!

Papa and me in our front yard 1947. I was born on his 70th birthday!