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Pretty banal, really.  This letter was sent 11 years after the birthday card in an earlier post, yet the postage had only gone up a single penny.  My grandparents had that same post office box until 2006!  The return address is General Delivery, Atlanta, Texas.


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I'd seen these before, but it was only today that I figured out what their significance was.  These originally belonged to my Grandfather's Grandmother, Leila Grubbs!  I have a photo of her wearing them!


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I was digging through some boxes today and came across a birthday card sent to my grandmother from her aunt in 1949!


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I came across a cache of family photos and newspaper and magazine clippings.  I'm busy with a bunch of other things, but I'll eventually scan these.  Here's a small sample.


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My grandfather gave me a Remington Model 1900 shotgun that originally belonged to his grandfather's brother (meaning it belonged to my great-great-great-uncle).  It's a double-barreled, break-action 12 gauge with two triggers.  That shotgun is over 105 years old now.  When my grandfather was a young kid, he lived at home alone for a while.  ( Read more... )

The USS Noble, APA-218, Haskell-class attack transport.  My grandfather rode this ship to Puerto Rico for maneuvers in 1947, and then to Korea in 1951.  Most of the Marines transported on the Noble did not have much to do, but the cooks and bakers like my grandfather were put to work.  The bakery on board ship had to operate 24 hours a day to keep ( Read more... )

I was formatting my grandfather's autobiography for use on the Kindle when I came across a cache of image files, scans he'd made of old family photos.


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You know the drill, bold the ones that apply to you.

(Since I was raised by my grandparents, whenever it says "mother", "father" or "parents", substitute "grandmother", "grandfather" and "grandparents")

Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
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