Uncle Charlie

You’ve all heard of Uncle Charlie. He’s Kat’s 94 year old Uncle in Montgomery AL. He and his wife of 68(?) years*, Aunt June, are still at home. Aunt June can’t get around very well but Uncle Charlie went out to dinner with us to Kat’s favorite oyster place. And we talked more of family and the way things use to be. Charlie went into the Army in 1935 and trained as a glider pilot. From that he went into intelligence and then into the Air Force when the old Army Air Corps split off to become the U.S. Air Force in 1946 (?), if memory serves. Anyway Charlie is a kick to listen to. He is definitely a product of his time and it is an education in itself to hear the way things use to be.

Charlie has been invited to Washington D.C. for some kind of dedication at the new WW II memorial. He is excited about it (!) and I don’t think when you’re 94 you get excited very much. Anyway good for him!

* I think its 68 years? Charlie told us, and that’s what sticks in my head, but I could be a little off.