Remembering my dad on his birthday

My father was born on this day in 1919. He enlisted in the United States Navy just after Pearl Harbor was bombed in December 1941. There's no specific date on this photo but it must have been taken between 1942 and 1945, when he'd have been in his mid-20s. I have the 1943 Christmas Day dinner menu from his ship, the USS Long Island. You can read about it here.

Comments

[Lisa at Greenbow]

What a nice photo. The better to remember him by. You resemble him.

[Lisa at Greenbow]

I went to look at the menu. It is a funny that my Step-dad was a cook in the army. He had owned his own restaurant before the war so they stuck him in the kitchen. He is 95 now and still will cook up a storm for us. Always way too much food, but boy oh boy it is nice to be able to take some some of that love.

[Rae]

Sweet tribute to your Dad. But how did they have nice printed menus? Maybe they arrived with the food? And what a nice touch. Nice menus in wartime. Amazing actually.

[Linda from Each Little World]

Rae — Never thought about how they got the printed menus. Good question.

[Linda from Each Little World]

Lisa — I love how that menu is so traditional, just what I think of when I remember holiday meals as a little kid.

[Erin]

That is a fantastic photo. What a treasure to have. Lots of birthdays around Christmas in your family!