Diana Ellefson. Travel. Write. Repeat. » family http://www.dianaellefson.com Traveling for the love of travel --- and then writing about it. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:19:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 travel tuesday reflection http://www.dianaellefson.com/articles/256 http://www.dianaellefson.com/articles/256#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:11:56 +0000 Diana Ellefson http://www.dianaellefson.com/?p=256 Today’s Travel Tuesday picture is in honor of Memorial Day which occurred yesterday here in the States. It is a day of remembrance for all who have served or currently serve our country in the military. The focus of today’s post is more of a time-Travel Tuesday post that focuses on a man, instead of a place. This man is a military hero I never had the chance to meet: my grandfather, Grant Wahlquist.

Grant served in the Korean War and WWII where he received a Purple Heart among other medals. After his service he was a school principal in Washington State and a husband and father to 3 children (my dad being one).

Grant died of a heart attack at 45 when my dad was just 11. I have heard many stories about this man and my dad always spoke of him — making my siblings and I feel like we did know our grandfather–and we hoped, he knew us.

my grandfather back row, 2nd from left on his war time basketball team.

my grandfather with his kids, holding his new baby (my aunt Julie). My dad is the shorter boy standing in front of my uncle Jeff.

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