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Mom and Dad around 1920 or so. Mom was quite glamorous and played bit parts in several silent movies. Dad was a handsome young sailor.

On the left, my Dad holding me in Coronado, 1929. My very first photograph! Then, mother and me near our house in Coronado, 1929. Right, mother and me near the Coronado Ferry landing, 1930. At the right can be seen the tracks for the Northern terminus turnaround of the single-track (except for a by-pass, halfway from the Ferry landing to Hotel Del Coronado) trolley system.

This was probably about 1934. Yes, I grew up during the Great Depression, but we were lucky because Dad was in the U.S. Navy in those days and had a regular income. Not all were so lucky.
The hallmark ears were prominent, even then!

I found a copy of the WW I draft registration card for my uncle, Fletcher Emile Anthony "Emil" Ravey, through Ancestry.com. Note the date of his registration, June, 1918. I never knew my uncle Emil, but Dad often talked about him. Emil was living in Arkansas and my grandmother, long since widowed, was living in San Diego, later in Los Angeles, but this was mistakenly shown as "Santiago, Cal." Click to see full size image.

My cousin, Roy Lee Walford, with me on his shoulders and our Aunt Ethel and her husband, about 1937, at the Walford's home in San Diego. Roy went on to become a doctor and researcher on the aging process. He authored several books on diet and maximum life extension, and is an acknowledged expert in the field of gerontology.
Roy (who was given my father's--and my--middle name) was also the physician team member in the sealed Biosphere II experiment in Arizona in the early 1990's (and which is still continuing to produce research results).
You may want to learn more about Roy here.
During World War II, Roy's father, my uncle "Wally", was the Commanding Officer of the Naval Supply Depot at Point Loma.

My grandparents and me in San Diego, 1938. These were my mother's parents and my Dad had a house built at the rear of our property so that they could be independent, but near to the help they needed at the end of their lives. They had already celebrated their golden wedding anniversary a few years before this photo was taken. On the right, in the same spot, Dad, Mom, me and my Toy Fox Terrier, Toots. 1943. Behind that hedge is my grandparents' house.

Mother and me in 1944. We took the war seriously in those days, and were genuinely worried about attacks on San Diego from the Pacific Ocean. Those were the days of air raid drills, blackout curtains, block wardens, rationed items (gasoline, sugar, rubber, silk, meat), and barrage balloons! Dad had retired from the Navy after 20 years, but when World War II broke out, he was called back to active duty. Fortunately for us, he was assigned as an instructor at the Machinist Mate's school at the Naval Training Center, right in San Diego. Both these pictures were taken in front of our house at 4461 Hamilton Street.

At San Diego High School, I was in the Jr. ROTC. I think this would have been about 1945.

I graduated from San Diego State College (now, University) with a BS in Physics in 1950.

I became involved in the College Radio Guild and designed the layout for the first television training studio in the California State College system. When I graduated, I went to work for KFMB-TV, the first television station in San Diego.