Before the Big One

This photo of Mom with her two sons was taken shortly before WWII. Chuck had ran off to Canada to join the RCAF immediately after graduation from high school. And I had enlisted in the Army Air Corp three months before. We were both home on leave. It’s obvious that Mom was very proud of us.... But we can not begin to imagine how much worry and stress she endured the following five years.
By-the-way, the next time Chuck and I met, we both were wearing Silver Wings