Desert Whaler
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Never met my Grandfather on my Dads side, no pictures exist of him.
My Mom only met him once . . . my older Sisters said they only 'saw' him once from a ways away. I guess he wasn't the most 'upstanding' individual . . . Lol.
At his funeral my Mom and Dad went, and all of his ex-wives were there . . . I guess my Mom said, "I'm surprised you all came", and one immediately replied, "We just wanted to make sure the Son of a Bitch was dead" !!! LOL.
My girlfriend was doing some digging around on-line trying to find anything on my grandpa . . . and came across my Dads brother (which I never knew he had).
When I asked my Dad about him, he kinda gave me a double-take, and quickly snapped, "How do you know about him"?!?!
My Dad told me later that he had an older 1/2 brother who worked for my Grandpa in San Fernando Valley at his manufacturing plant. I Guess since he had contracts with the Department of Defense during WW II they didn't draft those who worked for him. Well I guess the 1/2 brother screwed-off 1 too many times and my grandpa called up the recruiter and said, "Come and get him", and they drafted him and sent him off to fight in the war !!! . . . gnarly.
So anyways . . . check this out . . . his other brother has a Wikipedia page.
Out of respect to my Pops I'm leaving out his name . . but read the write-up.
_______ _______ ________ Jr. (November 30, 1927 – May 7, 2004) was a robber who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in 1951.[1]
On March 6, 1946, he enlisted in the United States Army at San Antonio, Texas, but was discharged after less than one month service.[3]
My Mom only met him once . . . my older Sisters said they only 'saw' him once from a ways away. I guess he wasn't the most 'upstanding' individual . . . Lol.
At his funeral my Mom and Dad went, and all of his ex-wives were there . . . I guess my Mom said, "I'm surprised you all came", and one immediately replied, "We just wanted to make sure the Son of a Bitch was dead" !!! LOL.
My girlfriend was doing some digging around on-line trying to find anything on my grandpa . . . and came across my Dads brother (which I never knew he had).
When I asked my Dad about him, he kinda gave me a double-take, and quickly snapped, "How do you know about him"?!?!
My Dad told me later that he had an older 1/2 brother who worked for my Grandpa in San Fernando Valley at his manufacturing plant. I Guess since he had contracts with the Department of Defense during WW II they didn't draft those who worked for him. Well I guess the 1/2 brother screwed-off 1 too many times and my grandpa called up the recruiter and said, "Come and get him", and they drafted him and sent him off to fight in the war !!! . . . gnarly.
So anyways . . . check this out . . . his other brother has a Wikipedia page.
Out of respect to my Pops I'm leaving out his name . . but read the write-up.
_______ _______ ________ Jr. (November 30, 1927 – May 7, 2004) was a robber who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in 1951.[1]
Background
He was also known by the aliases Charles "Hap" Rayborn and Coal Frederick Raymond (among others); the FBI had not tied these names to ______, a veteran robber, until 16 months after his addition to the Ten Most Wanted list on January 9, 1951. He was added under the charges of robbery, attempted murder, and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution after escaping jail in Gretna, Louisiana.[2][3]On March 6, 1946, he enlisted in the United States Army at San Antonio, Texas, but was discharged after less than one month service.[3]