Humble Blogger's Father (Eugene Andrew Kubiatowicz age 27 ) with his new bride, and my mother (Mary Frances Bauman age 21) in their wedding photo May 29, 1939. As the story goes, Mom had purchased a white wedding dress but her older sister Marge, jealous that her younger sister was getting married before she was, hid the dress before the wedding!
This circa 1941 photo taken on "the farm" in Owatonna Minnesota, shows dad on the right and his father Andrew Albert Kubiatowicz on the left holding Humble Blogger's older brother Michael Eugene Kubiatowicz (born 10/23/1940)
A photo from "the farm" in Owatonna Minnesota circa 1946 shows mom and dad with their 3 boys Michael Eugene to the left, James Frederick Kubiatowicz (born 1/30/1944) in the middle and to the right, Humble Blogger Dave Owen Kubiatowicz (born 4/18/1942) Dad was home from his short stint in World War II when this photo was taken.
Dad as a "Technician Fifth Grade" in Army uniform. He served in "Troop A, 920th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron" as a cook. He was drafted toward the end of World War II at age 32 entering the service on March 7, 1944, leaving for Europe a year later on March 25, 1945 and was discharged November 6, 1945. Thus he was in the European Theater for only 7-1/2 months. He had already married Mary Bauman and had 3 boys (see above). I don't know why he was drafted into the War so late.
In this photo dated June 18, 1945, dad is sitting on an armed car in Heidenheim, Germany. The war in Europe had ended during the April-May period 1945. Dad's wartime responsibility was as a cook. Supposedly because when he was drafted, he worked as manager of the Grocery Dept.at the Kelly Company in Owatonna, MN. He would continue in the grocery/meat store business the rest of his working career. Dad died in Rochester, MN at age 81 on May 27, 1993.
Front Side of Dad's Army discharge document dated November 6, 1945. Click on the photo to enlarge for easier reading.
Back side of Dad's Army discharge document, showing all the details of his enlistment. Click on the photo to enlarge (for easier reading).
