Flashback: Drowning Just Isn't Fun

I absolutely adore old albums. There is something romantic about them. There is one album in particular that I have always gone back to. It provides me with so much aesthetic and artistic inspiration. The content is genuine, raw and nostalgic. The photos contained within are of my father growing up in Vietnam during the 1940s and 1950s.

Just one page of a magnificent album. It is positively amazing when you realize that these photos survived communist raids and more than a decade of war.

Close Ups of the Photos

My father, his brother and their friends at the local swimming pool. What you can't tell from this photo is that my father couldn't swim at all in those days. In fact, he couldn't even float! Boys will be boys though and he dove in the deep end with them. He would have drowned had his older brother, Luong (who was a champion swimmer) not saved him from the bottom of the pool.

Another shot of my father in his young days.

He probably should have stayed in the shallow end.

I wonder where all those boys are today?

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I hope everyone enjoyed the third installment of Flashback! Check back soon for photos of other members of the family. Contact us if you'd like to be included!

♥ Linda