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Grandpa’s Uniform

The first day that I saw that uniform I could picture a Saber jet flying through the air amid flak, bullets and rockets.  (The rockets didn’t come until the later part of the war.) My great-great grandfather down to my grandfather all served in the Air Force serving the United States with pride and dignity.  My grandfather, Robert served the Korean War as a crew chief working on Saber jets that flew against the Russian made/Korean flown MiGs.  Robert traveled all over the world but never went over to Korea to the main fighting, but did sign up to go to Iceland to fight and work on the jets. 
I thought that this was really interesting that three generations entered the military and served the United States when the fourth generation, my dads, didn’t go in.  That uniform means a lot to me because I plan on carrying on the tradition of serving in the Armed Forces.

1. Nice blog.  I found your story to be very interesting and you did a good job of starting the story out.  I to found it interesting that your dad didnt go into the services.

   Posted by  on  10/23  at  08:23 PM

2. Do you know why your dad’s generation didn’t go in yet?  What area of the Armed Forces do you plan on going in and when? Right out of high school or are you going to go to college?

   Posted by  on  10/24  at  09:50 PM

3. Why has your family carried on the tradition of serving in the armed forces?  Is it to provide service for their country or for some other reason?

   Posted by  on  10/25  at  09:16 AM

4. It’s great that you want to carry on the tradition. It takes a lot of courage. Do you have a particular reason for wanting to carry it on?

   Posted by  on  10/26  at  08:16 PM

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