I wish I could have seen pictures of my grandfather fighting the Japanese in the jungles of the Philippines during WWII. He was a brigadier general in the Philippine resistance, and when they moved to the states, he trained the US Army in guerilla tactics.

My dad was an actual cowboy at Welder Wildlife Refuge back in the day.

Younger pic of my dad.

My Grandpa at work. Photo is dated 24 Nov 1976. He is the one walking past the jet intake.

Awesome, awesome thread. What an unbelievably awesome generation that was.

My paternal GM, her parents and her GM and GF and the rest of their family in 1901, GM Berta was 11 at the time. Her father is sitting to the left of her GM and her mother is standing right behind him. GM is to her left. The second picture is her graduation picture in 1911 from Texas State Normal School in San Marcos .....now Texas State University. She is sitting to the left of the little girl. Lot's of Edge's in Brazos CO back then. I'm kin to about 1/4 of the folks buried in the Reliance Cemetery.

Great thread!

Here are a few photos from my wife's side of the family. We went through some old photo albums with her grandmother recently.

Her grandfather while serving in Korea.



Her grandfather and grandmother


Her great-grandfather was a farrier and served in France during WWI




Her great-great-grandfather and great-great-grandmother

Do you know where that picture was taken? Was it near the kingsville NAS? I used to frequent a ranch that had a navy jet which crashed in the 70s. The navy collected all the sensitive equipment and left the rest to rust. If was a fascinating area to explore.

I'm looking for the one of my granddad in Roy Weatherbys game room after being sales rep of the year

JB!98 said:

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My Grandpa at work. Photo is dated 24 Nov 1976. He is the one walking past the jet intake.

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I wonder if the date is wrong.

A list of incidents involving military aircraft (1975 - 1979) does not mention an incident involving a navy jet trainer (of course, maybe this was considered to be too minor to make the list).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1975%E2%80%931979)

http://skyhawk.org/article-unit/vt25

I wonder if it's one of the accidents that is "stricken" from this list. It does look like a bay in the background of the picture which fits with the crash site I have explored a few hundred yards from Baffin Bay.

dcbowers said:

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JB!98 said:

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My Grandpa at work. Photo is dated 24 Nov 1976. He is the one walking past the jet intake.

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I wonder if the date is wrong.

A list of incidents involving military aircraft (1975 - 1979) does not mention an incident involving a navy jet trainer (of course, maybe this was considered to be too minor to make the list).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1975%E2%80%931979)

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That was at Chase Field in Beeville, Texas.

Here is the jet in question still airworthy.

dcbowers said:

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JB!98 said:

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My Grandpa at work. Photo is dated 24 Nov 1976. He is the one walking past the jet intake.

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I wonder if the date is wrong.

A list of incidents involving military aircraft (1975 - 1979) does not mention an incident involving a navy jet trainer (of course, maybe this was considered to be too minor to make the list).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1975%E2%80%931979)

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The back of the photo reads:

NAS CHASE FIELD
BEEVILLE TEXAS

TA-4J BUNO 159795
DEPARTURE MISHAP

Accident during attempted departure and takeoff'
Wreckage on runway. Training Squadron Twenty Five (VT-25) Aircraft
24 November 1976
Official US Navy photograph
US Naval Airstation

My family (Blevins) in the early days of Grapevine

Dad was only 94 at the time of this catch.

Going thru some old family photos and thought I'd share these-

Dad and uncle going fishing, and doing pretty well!






Back-country Jeeping has changed a lot over the years- my grandfather took the photo, also included are his parents, my dad & uncle, my grandmother, her mom and step dad.



Jeeping attire has changed a lot, too! great aunt

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yippee2 said:

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sometimes I wish I was born in simpler times

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Careful what you wish for. My grandfather was born in 1900 in rural Georgia. No heat or A/C.

WW1
WW2
Korea
Vietnam
Great depression
Pandemic

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All of my family is from rural NW GA. I don't recall when REA got them hooked up, but The Year The Lights Came On by Terry Kay is about that. He was my dad's cousin, and Freeman is based on my dad. I remember him talking about storing their milk and other cold stuff in the creek.

Pics my GF took while working on the Denison Damn. He's far left in the last pic.

Grove Hill, AL

They spread their legs so they wouldn't get watermelon juice on them.

My dad, Herman Johnson, early 1980s, Pearsall



My mom, Patty Johnson (Patty's Herbs) in a field of basil. Pearsall

Here's my grandfather "camping out" during WW2.

I'm sure it's possible to be cooler than this, but it's harder because he wasn't trying.

Purple Heart recipient.

My grandfather beating the hell outta Rice.

https://instagr.am/p/wJ1jnHPfk4

Another fun thing I found in his stuff:

https://instagr.am/p/BHi0zvuh4oR

My Grandpa Alvin Wynn throwing the first pitch of the little league season in Bloomington TX.

My grandfather and grandmother in 1935



1931



Camping/fishing trip in the 60's. my mother and 3 of her 11 sisters with my grandparents



My Grandma and me in the Los Angeles Times 1976, she was a "Daughter of the Revolution" and we were putting flags out for Veteran's day and made the "paper"