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Posted: 10/21/2016 11:37:15 PM EDT

A WWII naval pilot.

If this great man's life was made into a movie, I would watch it.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:39:05 PM EDT

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Great grandma looks pretty fucking happy!

Congrats Sir you hit me right in my feels.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:39:31 PM EDT

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That sir, is what life is all about

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:40:20 PM EDT

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Plus, he's got a killer 'stache!

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:41:01 PM EDT

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Good on you OP.

Take them early and often, you won't find better people with kids than grandparents and supervised great grandparents.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:41:02 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/21/2016 11:41:58 PM EDT

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Plus, he's got a killer 'stache!

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Lol, I was going to post someing like that. He really does.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:43:18 PM EDT

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Great pic!

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:48:02 PM EDT

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I have a similar picture with 4 generations of males together. Last great grandfather passed last year.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:48:57 PM EDT

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Great grandma looks pretty fucking happy!

Congrats Sir you hit me right in my feels.

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She is top 5 in the sweetest women I have ever known.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:50:07 PM EDT

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He has a rockin' 'stache and he loves a shot of bourbon.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:51:40 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/21/2016 11:51:59 PM EDT

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Awesome!

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:52:28 PM EDT

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He painted those pictures in that photo as well.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:54:14 PM EDT

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Awesome

What did he fly?

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:55:25 PM EDT

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Awesome!

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:56:57 PM EDT

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The older I get, the more I realized that there's nothing better than making memories. Awesome Pic.

Posted: 10/21/2016 11:59:37 PM EDT

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What did he fly?

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Awesome

What did he fly?

He trained in a stearman, then he flew a different plane, spotting for naval artillery in the Mediterranean. He said they got hit hard and so got trained to fly P-51s to be able to defend themselves. I don't think it was carrier borne. I'm not sure exactly where he flew from but I understand most of his time to be in the Mediterranean and he mostly was a naval artillery spotter. He described most of his time as being in an unarmed aircraft which sounds terrifying to me, in a war zone.

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:02:24 AM EDT

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I read your title wrong a few times. I thought it said that it was a picture of your youngest son with his great grandson.

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:05:00 AM EDT

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I'm not that old!! Lol.

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:06:11 AM EDT

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You sir are a lucky man to be able to see that and live it with your son. I only hope that I can be around like that to see my great grandchildren!

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:11:29 AM EDT

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Very common outfit from that era that you don't see being worn anymore. My grandfather wore those same type clothes every day except for church, weddings, and funerals (died 30 years ago).

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:17:11 AM EDT

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First thing I thought was he's a cool looking grandpa.

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:18:33 AM EDT

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He trained in a stearman, then he flew a different plane, spotting for naval artillery in the Mediterranean. He said they got hit hard and so got trained to fly P-51s to be able to defend themselves. I don't think it was carrier borne. I'm not sure exactly where he flew from but I understand most of his time to be in the Mediterranean and he mostly was a naval artillery spotter. He described most of his time as being in an unarmed aircraft which sounds terrifying to me, in a war zone.

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He painted those pictures in that photo as well.

Awesome

What did he fly?

He trained in a stearman, then he flew a different plane, spotting for naval artillery in the Mediterranean. He said they got hit hard and so got trained to fly P-51s to be able to defend themselves. I don't think it was carrier borne. I'm not sure exactly where he flew from but I understand most of his time to be in the Mediterranean and he mostly was a naval artillery spotter. He described most of his time as being in an unarmed aircraft which sounds terrifying to me, in a war zone.

If he's ok talking about it you should definitely ask him and write it down

That took some balls

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:21:16 AM EDT

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A WWII naval pilot.
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That's great. My wife's family now has five living generations with the birth of our grandson two months ago. From newborn to age 98.

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:25:03 AM EDT

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I was just thinking the same thing, except my Grandpa liked the green ones..lol. He'd be 100 if he were still alive.

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:39:05 AM EDT

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I had girls and not sons, but was still awed by my grandfather gazing at my oldest daughter (on of his oldest great grand children) during a family Christmas party several years ago. She was napping in her crib in an adjacent room, and I got up to do something and wandered by and just saw him standing there and watching her sleep. I walked up to him and asked him what he thought. I'll never forget what he said..."she's perfect."

Like your grandfather, mine was a WWII veteran. It meant a lot to me (getting dusty just typing this) for him to say that. I hope she earns that compliment when she grows up as an adult. I can only hope that he was thinking that his sacrifice all those years ago was worth it to see yet another generation born into freedoms and opportunity that most in this world can only dream about.

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:40:04 AM EDT

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Your grandparents look great!

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:42:46 AM EDT

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God bless.

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:45:53 AM EDT

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OP great family picture, also think about recording your grandfathers war experiences. Maybe a video project living history.
Your grandfather gets A big old, thank you from all America, even if they don't know what they owe him?

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:48:51 AM EDT

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Holy shit, your granddad is Wilford Brimley!

Posted: 10/22/2016 12:52:04 AM EDT

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Great photograph!

Thanks for posting it. My Grandfather's were both WW2 veterans and aren't with us anymore. I'm still in awe of people from that generation.