Thank you for your service

It's never to late to say thank you to all those men and women who have defended our country and helped preserve our freedoms.  My dad served in the US Navy for 20 years before he retired as a Chief Petty Office.  He served as a corpsman and we were blessed as a family to not move around very much.

One of my dad's first duty stations was in Japan.  He and my mom were newlyweds and it was their first adventure outside of the United States.  While there, they adopted a beautiful German shepherd they named Kelai, which they told me means pretty.

Most of their pictures from Japan were taken using 35mm slides and overtime, the slides are starting to deteriorate.  I'm in the process of digitizing the slides and restoring them so I can get my parents to record their memories for their grandchildren.  Here is the first of the pictures.

Arlias "Art" Owens and his dog Kelai

I couldn't leave the picture as it was and let it continue to deteriorate.  So, here's the updated copy of it.

My dad will always be my hero.  Thanks dad for all you've done.