He was drafted for World War II and wanted someone to write and come home to.
The common understanding at that time was that a soldier who had a girl waiting for him at home was more likely to come home safely.
My grandmother had a stormy relationship with her mother and wanted out of the house. My grandfather shipped out overseas a few days after they were married but, while it may have been a rough beginning for my Grandparents, they stayed happy together "until death do us part".
A photo received by my grandfather while he was a pilot stationed in Italy
Their home was in Detroit in the duplex that you can see in the photo’s background
L→R: My grandmother’s sister (holding Wiffy the dog), her husband who was a bus driver, my greatgrandmother, and my grandmother holding my mother.
My mom’s dad had nicknamed her ‘Toughie’ when she was a baby.
This was taken while my grandfather was on leave.
In front of her daddy fantasy car.
My mom lived in Detroit with her family up until she was 21 and she left to go to University. She had been there for less than a year before she met my dad. They were married 3 months later.
