Sunday, August 24, 2008

Day one: Mission Profile


My Grandpa Pooker passed away when I was one. His real name was Ralph Paquette. There is one aspect of his life that I'd like to know more about, because we are connected even though I have no memories of him. He was a Marine Corps pilot, and I proudly served my time in the Marines, fixing aircraft. It is my intention to dig around and find some information about the grandfather I never knew. What I have to go on is slim. Two daughters and a son survive. I have his flight log. My uncle has a picture of him leading a division (that's four planes in Naval aviation). He flew a at-6 Texan similar to this painting.