In April 1943, John Hayes was a 31-year-old enlisted man in the United States Army. Rose Kastl was a 23-year-old from Omaha, the same hometown as John. A year before they married in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, they enjoyed some time together in San Antonio, Texas, where an unknown photographer snapped this photo of them holding hands while walking down a San Antonio street.
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Photo from Rose Hayes collection.
I love this photo Larry. It's snapshots like these that make me think about how our parents were young once and had the same ideas about love and life that all young people mostly do. It's a marvel to sort of walk in those shoes and realize our stories share a lot of common feelings.
Posted by: Sherry Borzo | September 18, 2009 at 04:18 AM