God Bless U.S. Veterans

Today's remembrance of American Veterans just added another item to my "TO DO" List...gather photos of those who served in the military.

Here are a few photos I recently inherited this summer. 

Above photo:  My Dad, Joseph Mickens served in U.S. Air Force, stationed in Okinawa.  This photo is of him at age 17 at Fort Sampson in New York.

Clifford Mickens, I know he was stationed at Ft. Bragg at some point.

Leon Mickens served in Vietnam

The following are photos I scanned digitally back in 1998!  They were TIF files, but thankfully Picasa can convert them to JPG.

 

My Great-Great Grandfather Stephen Tarpley who served the Confederate Army in the Civil War as a servant, he made breastplates and swords.
 

Great Uncle George Abbott who served the Battle of the Bulge and definitely suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Uncle Randy Mickens served in the Korean War (I think).
 

I feel blessed that so many of my relatives have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, I am pledging to more vigilant about honoring them in my scrapbooks and preserving their stories and their place in American history (Yesterday and Today)
  
 

Comments

[Renate]

Those are FABULOUS pictures! You are very lucky to have them. Do you know when your dad was in Okinowa? Mine was there in the 50's - I know around 53-56 for sure. One of my brothers was born there. :)

Renate

[Jennifer Owens]

the top one looks just like your son.. cool pics.