As of Thanksgiving 2009

I asked my Mom to arrange for Grandpa to wear his favorite sweater because I wanted to do a mini photo shoot for him to get a new picture for his blog. So here you go! This is Grandpa just after having turkey dinner last week. As you can see, he is quite content.



If any of his family or friends want a full size version of this photo, then please leave an email address in the comments and I will send it.

War stories and a message to Shae

Grandpa tells a story about how he got sick during WWII while in the service. It has some humor to it, he kept accepting cough medicine from different nurses and it put him to sleep for a long time.



This next experience happened after he recovered from his bad cough, he and some guys went out to explore.



And this one is mostly for Shae, sorry for taking so long to get it up. It was the last one in my "grandpa" file and I had forgotten it was a special message.

Merry Christmas

Grandpa wants to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. He misses everyone, especially his grandchildren in Arizona. Here are a couple of new videos for you to enjoy. Grandpa tells stories about how the war affected him and some of the changes he made when he joined the church.

First Videos!!

Grandpa tells a story about a cockroach up his nose!



Part II

Grandpa in North Carolina

Grandpa flew out to North Carolina last week to be there for Sandy's wedding (his grand-daughter and daughter of Shelley). Pictured here is Don (Shelley's son) and Grandpa with a baby possum. How cool is that??!


As soon as I get more stories and pictures of his visit, I will post them.

Albert as a young boy

I thought this was a nice photo of grandpa, he is the one on the right. I believe it is his brother is sitting next to him. I did a few touch ups with photoshop so you can see his face better.

New Hat

The kids thought it would be funny to put a new homemade hat on their great-grandpa and of course, he is always a good sport. The kids are enjoying his humor.

A much younger Albert

Grandpa was a part of Company H, 272nd and here he is with a fellow GI. This was taken in Shelby, Mississippi in May or June of 1944 right after an all night long training march. The soldiers were relieved that the 17 mile march was over and stopped at an arcade that took pictures. The chosen background is a fake bar scene perfect for GIs. Albert is on the right, but the one on the left is unknown. If you happen to know who the other GI is, then please contact us.

Back from Arizona

It was nice to see family again, but sad to visit under these circumstances. Grandpa shared a few words about James which I will recount; "James was fun and had a nice smile. I always appreciated his spirit." Here are some pictures I took of Grandpa during his stay.

Jacob visited from California


Albert visits the grave of his beloved wife, Shirley


Grandkids and a great-granddaughter



Albert's grandkids and siblings to James

Flying back to Arizona

James, Bruce's son and grandson to Albert, died on February 2nd in a car accident. Grandpa and I will be flying to Arizona on Thursday to attend the funeral. To those who didn't know, Bruce also died just last month. It is tragic news especially for his immediate family who've lost 2 people in the last 30 days. Hopefully we can take comfort that he has been reunited with his dad and Father in Heaven.