Grandpa Otto’s Hammer by Hubert Caloud
My middle name Otto is from my maternal grandfather Otto Wesley Vlasak. He was born in 1896, he was a World War I veteran and died in 1984. – I don’t remember Grandpa telling me anything about his time in the army until I came home from Marine boot camp. Then he told me several stories about his service. Some of them seemed totally out of character with the tall stern no nonsense grandfather that I grew up with. He was a strong presence in my life until I left home for the Marine Corps. – He entered the army in September 1918 but the armistice was signed while he was in training, so like many other WWI Doughboys he…
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