Photo Archaeology
H.I.M. The Shah - 1952
One of the things I got from Dad was a passion for photography. Fortunately that means that Dad took many many pictures of all the places he went as part of the US Army Air Corp and USAF. I have several thousand slides that I am working my way through scanning in order to preserve these images. If has been a wonderful journey so far as each image is a new discovery.
I’ve recently been scanning slides from Iran, where Dad was assigned from 1952-1954 as a USAF advisor and C-47 flight instructor to the IIAF. This is a very different Iran than what we think of today! Dad considered these men friends, and was privileged to have a friendly relationship with H.I.M. The Shah of Iran. To the right the Shah is pictured at an IIAF event in 1952.
Nixon in Iran - 1953
Richard Nixon visited in 1953 (he was VP at the time). I found these pictures of Nixon in Teheran greeting an Iranian general (name undocumented) and a close up (unfortunately slightly out of focus). It would turn out that this would be one of many meetings between Dad and Nixon. In private aviation Dad would fly Nixon on campaign visits in the southeast USA.
