FifthOfJameson
FifthOfJameson OP t1_j3pnrai wrote
Reply to comment by joejabara in Photo of my grandfather and his fraternity brothers, Youngstown State, 1946. Restored and colorized by u/ceisce by FifthOfJameson
A little extra info: he’s wearing a sleeve on that right leg that’s exposed. He caught his pant leg on fire playing with matches when he was a kid in the late 20’s / early 30’s, and ended up getting a skin graft they took from his mom’s thigh.
Just a few years prior to this photo, he was deployed to the Philippines with the US Navy in World War II, and that old wound got “jungle rot” and turned a shade of purple. By the time he was ready for combat again, he was put on a ship headed for the Japanese mainland.
Had the bombs not been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he would have been part of the planned invasion, what would have been the Pacific equivalent of the storming of Normandy.
Edit: Happy Cake Day!
FifthOfJameson OP t1_j3pf5mr wrote
Reply to comment by backbonus in Photo of my grandfather and his fraternity brothers, Youngstown State, 1946. Restored and colorized by u/ceisce by FifthOfJameson
Cornerstone Pizza, Handels Ice Cream… you know the drill.
FifthOfJameson OP t1_j3ozbz8 wrote
Reply to comment by blue_strat in Photo of my grandfather and his fraternity brothers, Youngstown State, 1946. Restored and colorized by u/ceisce by FifthOfJameson
Ha! That one’s my grandpa!
FifthOfJameson OP t1_j3sn6zt wrote
Reply to comment by backbonus in Photo of my grandfather and his fraternity brothers, Youngstown State, 1946. Restored and colorized by u/ceisce by FifthOfJameson
Shit that’s it. My mom’s family is from Y Town, but I’ve just visited.