tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post3909086104572337775..comments2024-03-01T12:13:55.402+00:00Comments on 1963 Eastern Hills High School EHHS Highlanders: Our WWII Fathers Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-7623116603674958632013-11-24T17:16:08.556+00:002013-11-24T17:16:08.556+00:00Hi Sherri, Our fathers had a significant influence...Hi Sherri, Our fathers had a significant influence on who we were to become. Since our early 1960s classes had fathers that both served and were older in WWII, thus staying stateside, we were subject to widely differing kinds of parenting. I've thought that this project would not only recognize and pay tribute to our warrior Dads, it could tell us a little more about ourselves and those we knew during our formative years. Anyone is free to ponder and draw their own conclusions about that.Gusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-55852471362345715252013-11-13T03:36:13.978+00:002013-11-13T03:36:13.978+00:00Gus, I agree with Alice. You have spent an incred...Gus, I agree with Alice. You have spent an incredible amount of time and energy in making this the most interesting blog and a great historical timeline of our years in elementary, junior high and EHHS. It's a real treasure. Thank you!<br /><br />I love seeing the handsome faces of some of our fathers...from the greatest generation (particularly loved seeing Clark Gable:-)<br />Sherri Sledge Pulliamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-44598839654857817232011-08-29T02:49:41.370+01:002011-08-29T02:49:41.370+01:00Welcome, Susan…of course we were too young to reca...Welcome, Susan…of course we were too young to recall the substantial post-WWII hardships, but I was told that I also spent a fair number of my early nights sleeping in a dresser-drawer. One favorite story my mother liked to tell was of the 1500-mile DC-3 flight from San Francisco, home to Dallas to show me off as a new-born to her parents. Dad was in school then and I slept most of the tortuous trip on a pillow in her lap...never mind that seat belt business. And fancy infant carriers were utterly unknown then. GusGushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743830912124085924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-10870523586710032962011-08-28T21:54:41.805+01:002011-08-28T21:54:41.805+01:00"GUS" asked me to post this: My dad, Gra..."GUS" asked me to post this: My dad, Grant Begley, was in the Army while he was at Tulane in medical school and residency. The war ended before he finished his training. He served 2 years active duty at Ft. Hood and Pine Bluff, AK as a medical officer. Perhaps the greatest hardship was fitting our new family into an Airstream camper with a snow fence around it to keep me in, while my brother slept in a dresser drawer. Post-war housing was hard to come by!<br />Susan B. AndersonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-87171712563319860022011-08-16T06:59:56.696+01:002011-08-16T06:59:56.696+01:00Thanks, Tony. It's been my pleasure to share ...Thanks, Tony. It's been my pleasure to share some of my recollections. Although life has taken most of us on an interesting journey, those few years at EH held a special significance I've never forgotten.Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743830912124085924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-70570583861542206702011-08-16T02:16:23.058+01:002011-08-16T02:16:23.058+01:00Lke Alice I appreciate your efforts reminding us w...Lke Alice I appreciate your efforts reminding us where we came from. TONYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-9504028012719207712011-08-01T18:22:38.210+01:002011-08-01T18:22:38.210+01:00Thanks for noticing, Alice. I intended it to be no...Thanks for noticing, Alice. I intended it to be not only a nostalgia trip for us, but also something of a living history for our offspring and theirs. We've lived through some very interesting times and we are the last people who will be able to tell of our parents from a first-hand perspective. GusGushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743830912124085924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-63791184518501204602011-08-01T05:51:25.496+01:002011-08-01T05:51:25.496+01:00As I come across each section for the first time, ...As I come across each section for the first time, I am more and more aware of the time you have put into this endeavor...thank you so much...I love going back through the faces and memories.<br />As my daughter went to her 20th reunion this weekend I found myself getting quite nostalgic and a bit jealous, but don't tell anyone.<br />Alice Bretz KaffelAlice Kaffeknoreply@blogger.com