The handsome soldier!

My Aunt Lois is a scrapbooker. She asked for pictures of anyone who served and said she would gather them up and make a scrapbook of the Meyer family. My mom and I went through some pictures trying to find ones that were appropriate for her project. My mom did not know my dad when he served in the Korean Conflict, but we knew there were pictures of him from this time. Is there any man more handsome than in uniform? Yes, there is... my dad in his uniform!! It was in 1954. We found a picture of him standing by a big tanker of some sort. He stood by a short little guy and then by Andi Anderson who would later be in his wedding. Lois made the scrap book and used the pictures that everyone had sent her. She did an excellent job of gathering all the information and putting it together in a beautiful tribute book for all generations of the future. Thank-you Lois Meyer!!

I remember just a little bit about my dad talking of his time in war. He told me that when he went in to the army he weighed 140 and when he came out he weighed 200! He did not fight on the front lines... he was a cook! It was always kind of a joke in the family that the war made a "big man" out of my dad. When he was born he had only weighed 4 pounds. My grandma said that she put him in a shoe box and set him by the oven door to keep him warm. My grandma's sister had told her "I don't know if he has enough weight to make it Vivian". Grandma let the older kids name him and they wanted to call him Dallas William after one of their family friends. So you can see when he became the biggest man in his family - there would be stories to tell! I also know that we have a very large bible with a stand. That bible was sent to my grandma and grandpa Meyer by my dad when he was in Germany. It is now in our family. I think I will put a copy of this in there for future generations!

If I could know what I know now... I would have asked him more questions. I do know that there were very few men who talked about the war and the service that they gave to their country. I wonder what my dad would have said if I would have asked...
"Dad, tell me about the Korean Conflict". I sure wish I would have told him he was a handsome soldier!