THE FIRST FAMILY

No, this isn't about the family of the president, it is about the first family I knew, the ones that lived and visted Gram's house. Gram had many children, my mom was the oldest. I had five uncles and two aunts, not counting dad's side of the family. I also had a couple of great-uncles and best of all my Gram's dad, that everyone called Gramps. ( see other story on him on my blog) .
During World War Two, families that had a member serving in the war were allowed to hang a star in the window, my Gram's house had four stars hanging outside, one each for Lloyd who was in the navy, Jim also navy who was in U.D. T. --Underwater Demolition Team, which was the forerunner to the navy S.E. A. L.s, Max was in the army air corps, later the air force, and Henry was in the infantry and saw action at among other places, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Iwo Jima.
There will be many stories about my extended family in my blog but for now it strikes me I have left two very important family members out of my blog so far; my sister Sylvia who was seven years older than me and my brother Max who is sixteen years younger than I am. I also have a half-sister Vi, and a half-brother Matt.