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This is an early photo of my father, Bob and his younger brother Frank, taken in St. Louis MO-- not sure of the exact date, but Longrooffan thinks the car in the drivewayis an early 30s DeSoto.

In 1951 my uncle Frank was in Korea. He passed over in 2000 and is buried in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. I recently came into possession of his scrapbooks.

These photos were in the scrapbook. Based on the comments on the back of the photos (in my Grandmother's handwriting), it looks like his folks sent these photos to Frank while he was in Korea.

Here are the photos with the comments my grandmother wrote on the back:

"Ain't she purty?"

"A picture of the horns and piping"

"Your Paw and the Hot Rod"

"The sign is the one you had in the car--Official Police or some such Cap"

"Wll f'hevens sake, here's your Mom"

"Even the back looks good but what's Pap so cross about? He's in the picture isn't he?"

"Course we had to take the DeSoto also."

"The new house the brown bomber and a passing car"

Uncle Frank: "My Car. 1936 DeSoto Convert. yellow with black top. Red Leather (top Grain() Seats and Rubble (rumble) Seat. 1951" A tip of the bus driver's hat to Bright Yellow Gun for colorizing the car!

And what was Uncle Frank doing in May, 1951 when these photos of his Mom, Paw and his pride and joy, his 1936 DeSoto were being snapped in front of his home at 4218 Giles Avenue in St. Louis, MO?

From Uncle Frank's photos, "Men and Vehicles of Baker Co, 23rd Regft, 2nd Infantry Div. Hong chon (?) May '51":

"The jeeps and drivers of our company. Merle Rowland on Rt."

"The company resting before taking their objective"

"One of the old times in our company"

"One of the fellows"

"One of the fellows who worked in the one(?) section. Hoengsong Korea, May, 1951"