Family

None of these photos were taken by me, obviously

Me at 4

Leavenworth, Washington, making a snowman outside the Chalet with my mother, circa 1974

Mother Ann and uncles Philip and Howard, circa 1953, boarding school in Switzerland while my grandfather Philip Hawes was Air Attache to the Soviet Union. They lived at the Chalet Flora in Gstaad and spoke French every day except Sundays.

My grandfather Colonel Philip Robert Hawes on the left, and a whole bunch of Italian Nobility. This picture was taken in 1944.

From the web: "Philip R. Hawes, the son of Mr. And Mrs. David R. Hawes, was born at Los Angeles, California, 24 August 1913. He was graduated from the Manuel Arts High School in Los Angeles in June 1931.
On 1 July 1933, he entered the United States Army in which he served as a private until 1 July 1934. Having been appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point by competitive examination for Army enlisted men, he entered the Academy 2 July 1934. After distinguishing himself as an expert gymnast at the Academy, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, 14 June 1938.
In September 1938, he reported to Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, for primary and basic pilot training. Upon completion of this training in June 1939, he was sent to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, for advance training. He was graduated from Kelly Field, 25, August 1939.
Following his graduation from Kelly Field, he returned to Randolph Field as an Instructor and Assistant Flight Commander. He remained in those dual positions until his transfer to Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas, in March of 1941. There he became Flight Commander and Assistant Stage Commander.
In October 1941, he was transferred to Parrin Field, Sherman, Texas, as a Squadron Commander. Eventually he became Assistant Director of Training and Base Operations Officer. In December 1942, he was made the Director of Training at the Army Air Base at Garden City, Kansas. He remained in that position until August 1943 when he went to the Army Air Base at Ft. Worth, Texas, to attend the B-24 transition school at that Base. After completing this training in mid-October of 1943, he was ordered to the Fifteenth Bombardment Operational Training Wing, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, for assignment to a heavy bombardment group destined for foreign service.
After having been at Gowen Field approximately one week, he was interviewed there by the 461st Bombardment Group Commanding Officer, Colonel Frederic E. Glantzberg, on 1 November 1943. On 3 November 1943, he reported to the 461st Bombardment Group at Fresno, California, and was immediately made Deputy Group Commander in place of Major Robert E. Smith.
Lt. Colonel Hawes plunged into the training program immediately upon his arrival at Hammer Field. He impressed all members of the Group by his soldierly bearing; his administrative abilities; his knowledge of training and flying techniques; his capacity for hard work; his loyalty; and when off duty, which was seldom, by his ability to be a good fellow and a good mixer.
Hawes was promoted to the Regular Army Permanent Rank of First Lieutenant, 14 June 1941. The dates of his other promotions are as follows: AC: First Lieutenant, 1 October 1940; Major, 3 April 1942; Lt. Colonel, 23 July 1942. AUS: Captain, 15 October 1941; Major, date unknown; Lt. Colonel, 9 September 1943.
On 18 June 1938 (Ann's correction), four days after his graduation from West Point, he married Miss Jane E. Hermes of Nanuet, New York. To them have been born two children: Philip R. Hawes Jr., 23 September 1940; and Ann Adele Hawes, 29 December 1942." And Howard was born a couple of years later.