Tag: Winter Haven
Lake Howard, Winter Haven, Florida
Cypress Gardens
Scenic Florida
Merry Christmas, Bill – 1940
Bill Horseback Riding
In a couple of letters my dad mentions loving to go horseback riding … here is an early photo of him doing just that. Too bad the horse’s nose is cut off … but those were the days when you could not immediately see your photo on either your phone screen or the back of your camera display … you had to wait days, weeks or even months until your roll of 12 or 24 or 36 photos was all exposed and you took it in to the drug store to be developed and then finally got to see what you captured.
Huntley Family Tree
This is my father’s family … sadly, I have less photos and less details overall about his side of my family tree. You can see that my father falls towards the end of his generation of siblings.
Bill’s Postcard to Frank
Bill & Frank – 1939
In 1939, my father left the University of Pennsylvania and joined the Marine Corps. He was 22 when on the 13th of February, he enlisted in the US Marines.
