Monday, May 28, 2012

My Father, John T. Alstrom, Jr. U.S. Army Veteran

Memorial Day, 2012


In Memory of my father, Major John Thomas Alstrom, Jr., born Baltimore, Md. November 27, 1914.  Died January 1984 in Sun City, Arizona,  U.S. Army Officer from 1940-1951 (WWII and Korean War Veteran).
Father During WWII

Father in his office/room  in the Aleutian Islands During WWII.  He was an Officer.

Father in China at the Beginning of WWII

Father Receives Purple Heart (1952) for getting his leg
blown off in Korea after he stepped on a  land mine.

Father as a Civilian

Mother, Father and myself when he was
 stationed in Germany (1946-47) after WWII

Mother, Father and Myself during WWII in Wichita, Kansas where
I lived with my Mother while father was in the Army
Father Received Bronze Star for Saving a Man's Life in Korea