Saturday, July 30, 2011

Surprise Gift, July 30

My dad - waiting and wondering what's going on....
 The Ramsay family tracked down our family in order to present my dad with a painting done by their father/grandfather of my uncle. (We surprised our dad.)  Mr. Ramsay painted my uncle just before he left on his last Corsair mission in the Pacific. He was lost in a storm later that day.  So this was quite an event!  Local news was there and the national media picked it up. 

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Painting-solves-World-War-II-mystery-for-North-Texas-family-126467868.html

The Ramsays, my brother and father, and a historian who helped make the connection.  The historian is holding a photo of my uncle and my dad and brother are holding the painting done by Mr. Ramsay.

Same people as above with my sister and me added in.

1 comment:

Tracy P. said...

What a treasure! Such a unique encounter.