Military Monday: Arthur Thielke

Draft Registration

This week's Military Monday post is my great-grandfather's World War II Draft Registration from the so-called, Old Man's Draft.   … [Read more...]

Way Back Wednesday: US Navy

Hilo, Hawaii

For Wayback Wednesday, I'm going to give you more than just the one photo shown here. I'm going to give you a whole collection of 119 photos. I recently uploaded my grandfather's Navy photo collection to Flickr. I was hoping that maybe somebody from the photos, or their families, will find them. It … [Read more...]

Extra! Extra!

20090125

After going out to dinner for our birthday (my wife & I) with my parents last night, we got to talking a bit about genealogy and some stories about my grandparents. It was mentioned that my maternal grandfather was in World War II. I was never sure on this subject since I've heard nothing about. … [Read more...]