60 years on

dys :
i'm sure that picture must have brought back both happy memories and great sorrow .
thanks for sharing .
hbg

dys :
i hope you don't mind me adding a picture here .
it was taken in 1942 .
on the right is my friend 'heinz' . we started school together in grade one and graduated together from highschool eleven years later .
while he stayed in germany , we haven't lost contact .
whenever we visit hamburg , we always find a few days to hang out together - and a couple of times a year we usually yak on the phone - at 5 cents a minute i can afford it .
in the middle is my grand-dad 'karl' ; he always had time for us boys and was a great storyteller .
hbg

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I love to look at old pictures of folks I know.

i mailed this postcard to my mother on march 15 , 1945 - in about another six weeks the war would be over .
i wrote her that we had had a good supper :
plenty potatoes in milk-gravy , half-a-slice of bread and herbal tea - i had a full belly :wink: .
hbg

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Dys, how sad. You both looked like little cuties. I can only imagine the devastation that must have wreaked within your family. I'm sorry you grew up without him. Ever wonder how different life would have been if?

Great photo of the two of you - I'm sure you're glad to have it.

That's a wonderful photograph, dys.
Two beautiful healthy boys!
It's very sad that you two were not able to share and enjoy many more years together.
Was he your only sibling?

Great picture!

My younger cousin would easily pass for Dys, as I would pass for the brother....but us towhead boys tend to look alike ya know.

and then there's me today (photo curtesy of Walter)

Still cute as a bug's ear (but with character).

Just another thing dys and I have in common -- we've both lost older brothers. I've actually lost two, but who's counting?

meself with my little brother Bruce and the baby Charles when we arrive back in the USA ( I was shocked to learn that a person could drink water fron any faucet in the house and not die (about '58)

That photo has a surreal quality to it because of the age of the paper and the crumpling. Almost leads one to believe you are in the Sahara and there are sand dunes all around.

Gus, is it possible my brother never died and you have fianlly come home? Do you like hominy?

No, it is not possible. I am a short Chinese man.

Terrific photos, I'm glad you got them.

So, what is that car?

I've seen this one before.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words...and that one is in no doubt worth ten thousand.