Thursday, May 1, 2008

West Sacramento Veterans Of Foreign War

This photo of a photo is of some of our West Sacramento Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Photo of a photo is of some of our West Sacramento Veterans of Foreign Wars who were also original members of the VFW Post 8762.Front Row: Doug Draper, Robert Lukins, Walter Nichols, Walter Wittkop, Ken MacClain, John Sweeney, Earl Bartley, Al Manzitto. Rear Row: Charles James, Roy McKinnon, Cliff Sigler, Arthur Kurth, Bill Haskins, Jack Langford, Ray Smith, George Newhall, Kile Chisholm, Edmond Bartkowski.

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Trivia: Many of these fellows had children that I grew up with in West Sacramento..In fact I am married to Earl Bartley's son Thomas.

For more photos of the old photos from the VFW old days see here: VFW Albums

Notice there are 48 Stars on the flag in this photo, yet Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959. The caption on the photo is clearly marked that is was shot in 1961 to honor the gentlemen with 15 year pins. I'm almost certain this patriotic organization would not have used an obsolete flag? Or is the date on the photo wrong...who can solve this mystery?


5 comments:

Jilly said...

What a lovely choice for today's Theme. Very moving.

Chuck Pefley said...

48 men and stars. Quite appropriate and good choice.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Very interesting choice. Thinks this will be quite an original one for today.

Felicia said...

I like your choice for the day - what a good puzzle too. I think Chuck may be right.

Neva said...

They might not have realized there weren't 50 stars on that flag....nice theme day....