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June 9, 2010

Our Humble Hero

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Our dad was a hero to us, warm, generous, loving and so funny. We were all proud to be his kids. He was also a humble man. During WWII and the Korean war he was a fighter pilot and it is a testament to his humility that I did not know he had been awarded the Navy's Distinguished Flying Cross for saving the life of a downed fellow pilot, until I was in my late 30s. He did not talk about these things. When we asked about the scar between his eyebrows he would make up funny stories. In actuality his plane missed the hook that stops the planes as they're landing on the carriers and he crashed into the sea and thankfully survived. But these stories are icing on the cake to us. He already was a hero to us anyway.
The back of the smaller photo, him in front of his plane, says it's not to be used without permission from the Navy so don't tell anyone, ok?
His medals and ribbons are now in shadow box at my brother's home. As a kid growing up I just thought they were pretty and wanted to play with them.
I copied the DFC medal from the internet.
I included a copy of a local newspaper story about what he did.
The journaling is written out on the back of the layout.
The letters of the word humble (which looks like bumble) are from L'il Davis..OLD stash. The stripedy pp is by Moxie. I covered the Tim Holtz grunge star and doodled on it. A local real estate agent stuck those little flags in everyones lawn one July 4th..I knew I'd use it some day.
Added to the Heritage challenge.


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