Celebrating my Father, Maj. John T. Alstrom, Jr. on this Veterans Day

John T. Alstrom, Jr. (1914-1984)

On Veterans Day, I'd like to pay homage to my father John T. Alstrom, Jr.   He was a professional Army Officer, serving in World War II and in Korea where he had a leg blown off by stepping on a land mine.  He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 27, 1914 and died in Sun City, Arizona in January of 1984.

After being discharged from the Army in 1951, he then worked for a veteran's organization in Southern California that helped veterans with their problems.  He and my stepmother had a home in Monterey Park, California.  He was a history buff who especially studied the Civil War.  He received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for heroism in Korea.