tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post3518941040684487668..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Remembering My Dad on Father's DaySUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-46627674108217919612012-06-20T00:38:44.872-07:002012-06-20T00:38:44.872-07:00I'm sorry your dad died so young, Susan. My (a...I'm sorry your dad died so young, Susan. My (also WW2 vet) dad is celebrating his 92nd birthday this week: love ya, dad!JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-60346262353939994212012-06-17T19:17:12.386-07:002012-06-17T19:17:12.386-07:00He was there from '66-'76 ... so odds are!...He was there from '66-'76 ... so odds are! His office was just over the Granada marquee and the renovation that turned the Arlington back into a performing arts center happened on his watch. (sanding down and revarnishing all the armrests on the theater seats was my brother's summer job one year!) Lots of Santa Barbara/State Street memories. (My college job was cashier out at the SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-82446923694413141842012-06-17T18:30:24.890-07:002012-06-17T18:30:24.890-07:00My father-in-law also enlisted (USMC) at age 28. H...My father-in-law also enlisted (USMC) at age 28. He was called Gramps by the rest of the guys in his unit, all of whom were 8-10 years younger. He served in the South Pacific as an aircraft mechanic.<br /><br />Did your Dad manage the Granada, Fox Arlington or State theaters in SB? If so, I'm sure I saw him at some point between 1957 and 1971.uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.com