54 Years Ago
Feb 6, 2024 13:12:13 #
I took the slides off the shelf that hadn't been looked at in 55 years to make digital copies. I'm not sure if I set a timer or had someone take this shot of me while in Vietnam. I only had a built in camera flash back then.
I almost don't recognize myself. I was about 120 lbs lighter then. See the picture of my wife, girlfriend at the time, on the locker door? A couple of other notable things in the picture is the pack of cigarettes in my left shirt pocket. Just about everyone smoked back then, I quit after my first son was born. On my left-hand pinky finger is my girlfriend's ring, later lost while swimming in the South China Sea, not cool.
I'll keep going through the slides. Might find some suitable for My Image Your Editing. Some should be very challenging.
I almost don't recognize myself. I was about 120 lbs lighter then. See the picture of my wife, girlfriend at the time, on the locker door? A couple of other notable things in the picture is the pack of cigarettes in my left shirt pocket. Just about everyone smoked back then, I quit after my first son was born. On my left-hand pinky finger is my girlfriend's ring, later lost while swimming in the South China Sea, not cool.
I'll keep going through the slides. Might find some suitable for My Image Your Editing. Some should be very challenging.
Feb 6, 2024 13:15:42 #
Feb 6, 2024 13:54:39 #
Good that you made it back and good that you're still married after all this time. You must have some vivid memories of that experience.
Feb 6, 2024 13:56:04 #
Feb 6, 2024 18:10:35 #
First congratulations on being together for all this time. The years did speed by, at least for me they did. Now every morning when I look in the mirror I ask who is that old SOB looking back at me.
Those slides is your link to your past. I bet if you look at some they will trigger some memories. Both good and bad.
Those slides is your link to your past. I bet if you look at some they will trigger some memories. Both good and bad.
Feb 7, 2024 07:42:45 #
For several years, the first part of my avatar signature speaks to such things...nothing like a little reflection.
Feb 7, 2024 19:02:32 #
Jim-Pops wrote:
I took the slides off the shelf that hadn't been l... (show quote)
That is just a great photo. Thanks for sharing with us.
Erich
Feb 18, 2024 01:46:50 #
Feb 18, 2024 05:35:27 #
Feb 18, 2024 07:22:28 #
UTMike wrote:
You looked pretty sharp, PFC Hill!
Thank you, I gained a rank before I got out.
Feb 18, 2024 07:23:53 #
R.G. wrote:
Good that you made it back and good that you're still married after all this time. You must have some vivid memories of that experience.
Thank you. I have a few memories, not so vivid anymore.
Feb 18, 2024 07:26:03 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
We were soldiers once, and young
A lot more soldiers back then. I think the draft forced young men to grow up.
Feb 18, 2024 07:30:00 #
NJFrank wrote:
First congratulations on being together for all this time. The years did speed by, at least for me they did. Now every morning when I look in the mirror I ask who is that old SOB looking back at me.
Those slides is your link to your past. I bet if you look at some they will trigger some memories. Both good and bad.
Those slides is your link to your past. I bet if you look at some they will trigger some memories. Both good and bad.
It's hard for me to remember myself looking like that. My grandson looks a lot like me back then. He's 20 now and even he thinks he looks like me then. I told him he can look forward to looking like me now, when he is my age, he just shook his head.
Feb 18, 2024 07:30:35 #
DaveO wrote:
For several years, the first part of my avatar signature speaks to such things...nothing like a little reflection.
Feb 18, 2024 07:31:12 #
ebrunner wrote:
That is just a great photo. Thanks for sharing with us.
Erich
Erich
Your welcome.
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