Don't forget those Mom's today ...

[Mark Allen M]

Remember if it wasn't for your mom you wouldn't be here ...

Mothers Day, Camp Forrest, Tenn. May 1942






















Dorothy Olsen, P-38 WASP Pilot 1945


WASP Dawn Seymour 1944


WASP Violet Wierzbicki 1943


WASP Nancy Parrish 1945


WASP ferry pilot Vivian Eddy 1945


WASP ferry pilot Ruth Dailey 1944.


WASP ferry pilot Florene Watson 1944.


WASP ferry pilot Catherine Vail Bridge 1944.


Eight WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) at Waco Army Air Field, Waco, Texas, gather on the ramp for a final group picture before disbandment, December 1944


ENS Jane Kendeigh, the first Navy flight nurse on Iwo Jima (6 March 1945) and later Okinawa (6 April 1945)


Flight nurses on Guam appear before an Douglas Skymaster in April 1945

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[The Inspector]

Used to tell my now gone Mom 'Thanks for having me'. I did send a card to my daughter-

[tom d. friedman]

absolutely fandamnedtastic! a fitting tribute to the MOMS!! "wacs, waves, wasps, & spars of ww 2!! even the civilian women, they all did their part. my mom will be 92 next week. still spry, drives, comes to the family biz & pulls an 8 hour day....... for free!! man!! am I a crappy son!!

[F4U-1]

As usual Mark comes thru with the appropriate pictures! Nicely done !!

[TonyM]

Can't share the enthusiasm--my mother has been pretty mean to me and my brothers in the past. Not my favorite person. The middle brother wants nothing to do with her and has not spoken to her in many years. The youngest has a very strained relationship with her and I visit as seldom as possible. It is what it is.

[Tiger Tim]

What the heck is Ms. Parrish sitting in? I'm drawing a total blank on the weird canopy arrangement.

Oh yeah, and a happy Mother's Day to all moms who may be reading this!

-Tim

[Mark Allen M]

Can't share the enthusiasm--my mother has been pretty mean to me and my brothers in the past. Not my favorite person. The middle brother wants nothing to do with her and has not spoken to her in many years. The youngest has a very strained relationship with her and I visit as seldom as possible. It is what it is.

Well that certainly is a sad deal you got going there, and if it's any consolation, my mother passed away when I was young of a very ugly and painful illness, so as not to take away from a nice day for those who do still have and enjoy their mothers, wives etc. I'll stick to the original intent of this thread and wish a Happy Mother's day to all. They all earned it no matter what faults some think they may or may not have.

And not for me to lecture you on family matters here on WIX Tony (or warbird matters here either) but may I suggest that life is short and regrets last a lifetime. Rise above it all and be the better, stronger person. Everyone has faults and everyone can change for the better. trust me I'm here to tell you I'm a good example of that. Well at least I claim I am lol.

You only have one mother and she deserves the best son she can have no matter what her faults may be. Don't allow her weaknesses to become your weaknesses. Make amends, make the time, make it work. You won't regret it ... Sorry for a bit of lecturing, couldn't help it.

M

[Dan K]

What the heck is Ms. Parrish sitting in? I'm drawing a total blank on the weird canopy arrangement.

I'm going to guess at an AT-10. Looks like another one parked behind her.

http://www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.or ... d_AT10.jpg

[Mark Allen M]

AT-10

[TonyM]

Thank you Mark Allen M. It is obvious you are a decent and compassionate man. My situation, yes, It is a hard way to live. Thanks for the encouragement; perhaps some day things can be better. I am sorry to have taken away from other's enjoyment of the day here on WIX.

[Mark Allen M]

Well thank you Tony and I wish nothing but the best for you and yours and your perfectly fine to post whatever and however you feel in my book. I may be a bit nieve but I still choose to believe that ALL of us are trying to do our best in life. It's certainly difficult at times but to never give up trying to be a better person means as much as being that better person. We can never change who we are (unless we find a way to transplant souls) but we can certainly change what we are. Hang in there and like I've said many times before "believe in a way and you'll find a way"

Sorry no 'old airplane' photos in this post ..... but for some reason I just felt more satisfaction with this post lol