Above are two early pictures of me - wait, yes, that's me, inside my Mother in August of 1966 in front of my Mammaw's house in Dionne, Kentucky. That's almost exactly 42 years ago - crazy.
This photo is of me with two of the earliest friends I can remember - Jim and Jane Pak. They lived across the street from us in Harlan. Their Father was a Doctor who brought their family here from Korea. He was doing a Residency program at the hosptial where my Mom worked, which was down the street from where we lived. I think I was 4 and this was in 1970. I'd love to know where they are now.
And this is me - dapper young man that I was - in probably around 1978. Check that collar out man, and that hair. Woo hoo! I think this was a school picture taken at Hall Junior High School when I was either in the 7th or 8th grade - so, I was around 12 here. I always find it interesint to see photos of myself at a younger age - my hair was much lighter then, and straighter. After puberty, it turned nearly black and became very thick and much more wiry and wavy.
Oh Lord, check out dude there. That's my Dad in his Army MP uniform in around 1963. This photo was taken in Korea I think. He was stationed there for a year up near the DMZ. He's lookin' all tough, which he was. He was drafted and did his 2 year stint, fortunately missing the Vietnam mess by the very short hair of his head.
I've shown a variation of this photo before. This is a closer shot they took on the same day. This is my Pappaw (that means Grandfather, children), Lester Nelson, in front of the coal mine where he worked, sometime in the 1950s. I'm not exactly sure when it was taken. I just like the picture a lot.
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