I went to New Orleans, Louisianna, for the annual meeting of the SHAEF Veterans and Friends Association. SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) was my dad’s army unit in World War II. My sister Pat and I became members after my father passed away some years ago.
The actual veterans are mostly all gone now and those that are still alive are in their late nineties or early hundreds and don’t come. It is an interesting group of the veteran’s children and grandchildren from different parts of the country. I feel quite isolated in my Chicago bubble. It’s good to be friends with people from other parts of the county.
Plus New Orleans is so fun. So much personality. I just love Bourbon Street.
I hope you like the photos.
