our family: Harry Gifford - World War II Veteran - United States Army!! - 11/11/11 05:42 PM
On this Veterans day of 11/11/11 I am writing this post to honor my Dad Harry Gifford.  My Dad was drafted in to the Army prior to Pearl Harbor and served through the entire war.  It has only been in the last few years that I have been able to get my Dad to talk about his war time experiences and I was amazed to find out that the draft was going on before Pearl Harbor happened.  I had always thought the draft started after Pearl Harbor but that is not the case.
After getting drafted he called his 4 brothers … (22 comments)

our family: Kodak moment - Welcome home from Iraq!! - 12/15/10 06:34 PM

My Kodak moment took place March 9th 2009 in Fort Hood TX.  This picture took place at our son's Welcome Home ceremony from his second tour of Iraq in  Fort Hood TX. (I can still look at the picture and get all weepy.)
Tarren surprised us straight out of high school and decided to join the Army as an Intelligence Analyst.  We were surprised as we are not a military family. Part of the reason he joined the Army was that was the same branch of service my Dad was in during World War II; the other part had to do with some darn good recruiters. As … (38 comments)

our family: My Dad - My Hero!! - 09/17/10 11:00 AM
As I am posting this my Dad, Harry Gifford, is on an Honor flight to Washington DC to visit the World War II Memorial and other sites. I have always wanted to take my Dad to visit the memorial but could never figure out the logistics. I read about an honor flight somewhere on Active Rain and decided to do a Google check and see if there was anything like that in the Denver area.
Sure enough I found the Rocky Mountain Honor Flight.  I printed off the applicationand put it in the mail to him.  Shortly after receiving his application someone from … (44 comments)

 
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