My Dad
A Celebration for John R. Bertie's Father's Day.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!
I was not the first person to consider my Dad a hero.
My uncle Jim was there long before I was, and he knew.
I wish I knew what happened to the revised version the teacher asked for...
My Dad got all the commendations possible:
This was the temporary citation, issued to hold him over
until the Secretary of the Navy could sign the actual citation.
Here are the actual citations:
My Dad's favorite picture of himself:

Here's his "Bing Crosby" glamour shot:
And then, Mom of course, was gorgeous as ever:
Mom and Dad still find ways to entertain themselves:

I know they had a ball in India, but Dad still looks like he'd rather be in a fighter than on an elephant: