My Father, an Old Photograph, and a Legendary Marine: Gen. Alfred M. Gray

by Heath Hansen

As a child, I enjoyed looking through the photo albums of my father’s old military pictures. There was one, in particular, that stood out because it was of a serviceman other than my father.

The black and white picture displayed a Marine Brigadier General clad in woodland pattern camouflage uniform, wearing an M-1 “steel pot” helmet donned with goggles. The Marine stoically gazed to his right, looking into the distance. The bottom of the photo was captioned with cursive writing and a signature.