Veterans in My Family

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My grandmother, a WWII veteran,
Seaman 1st Class Rena Mahar
(nee Carlow)
She served in the U.S. Navy
WAVES from May 1945 to June
1946.

On this page you will learn more about the veterans in my family.
They were, and still are, a big influence in my life.

Next to each picture are thumbnail pictures that can be enlarged
and some of the things from each that I have in my collection.

This is my grandmother's oldest
brother, Lt. Thomas Carlow.
He became a B-29 Bombardier in
the last year of the war.
He was killed in a training
accident in 1949 in Talhini,
Oklahoma.

This is my uncle, Bill Carlow,
another brother of my
grandmother.
He served in the 5th RCT
during the Korean War.

Here I am. USAF Sgt. Blair Mahar.
I served in Operation Desert
Shield and Desert Storm from 10
August 1990 to 10 March 1991.

Ithaca 1911A1

M3 Fighting Knife

M1 Garand Bayonet

Graduation booklet for the Bombardier
Class of 44-50 B, January 20th, 1945

My Gram's WAVES dog tag

Iraqi Helmet

USAF Survival Knife

U.S. Kevlar Helmet

Piece of a Scud Missile

My Dad's Jungle Jacket

My dad wore this in Vietnam.
He gave it to me, and I then
wore it in Desert Storm.

A small booklet of pictures from Korea

"Ma-Deuce" operator's manual

Issue of The Havelock

Here we are today (August 2008): my Gramp, my Father, and me.

This is me with my Father, my Gramp, and my Grandmother.

My grandfather, a WWII veteran,
Tech-5 Henry Mahar.
He served in the 1007th Engineers in
China-Burma-India from 1943-45
driving trucks on the Burma and
Ledo Roads

My father, a Vietnam veteran,
TSgt. Ronald Mahar.
He served at Bien Hoa Air Base
from 1967-68 during the Tet
Offensive