YJJPWrangler
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A departure from the normal....
A History Lesson, Long but important:
This is a (re)build thread for my 1954 Farmall Super C tractor. EDIT: This specific tractor was bought new by my Uncle Wilbur in 1954 in southwest Georgia and went to work on his cattle farm. My grandfather borrowed it quite a bit until he ended up purchasing it and all of the implements(year unknown).It was used primarily as a row crop/garden/do all tractor. My earliest memories were riding on the back of the bushhog as we went out to put a grass fire in a neighbor's pasture. All of the grandsons/daughters/kinfolk have been photographed at one point on this tractor with my grandfather.
My grandfather passed in 2006. He was one of 11 in southwest Georgia. EDIT: After talking with my dad, this is my grandfather's war history. He was a part of the 2nd Infantry Division. His first day of combat was Christmas Day 1944. Survived; went on to complete his tour in Europe until V-E day, returned to Texas to train for Japan invasion until the war was over. His Bronze Star was awarded for Valor after his machine gunner was killed and he picked up the gun. Never deployed to the Asian theater due to the war ending and returned home to the farm in Southwest Georgia. Farmed the property, my father and my aunt(deceased) were their only children. Went on to become the longest serving mayor in Georgia history(Mayor of Funston, Ga until his passing).
Slight backstory: My father was deployed to the Netherlands in the late 80s/early 90s. My grandparents came over to visit us while we were there. As part of their visit, they toured some of the places he had been deployed to, including the forest where he first saw combat. My father asked him what he remembered, he replied "It is hard to remember when I have been trying to forget what happened here for 40 years."
After farming duty, this tractor became the staple of ditch mowing for Funston until the town purchased an early 80's Massey Ferguson for his use for ditch mowing/cemetery maintenance. He still did normal farm duties/took care of Town's water supply until the day he passed.
Still collating pictures. This thread is going to serve has a rebuild thread as well as a remembrance thread. My grandfather was a very important figure in my life. I spent many summers with him and my grandma, working the family farm and learning everything. Right before he passed, recognition of his medals from WWII(a fire in the records dept kept him from receiving everything he earned and my father(retired LTCol Army aviation)
This is me, early 2006. I have photos of myself from the early 1990s with him but digital is hard to find.
A few of my nieces in 2006/07 before I brought it to NC.
:EDIT: Updated information.
A History Lesson, Long but important:
This is a (re)build thread for my 1954 Farmall Super C tractor. EDIT: This specific tractor was bought new by my Uncle Wilbur in 1954 in southwest Georgia and went to work on his cattle farm. My grandfather borrowed it quite a bit until he ended up purchasing it and all of the implements(year unknown).It was used primarily as a row crop/garden/do all tractor. My earliest memories were riding on the back of the bushhog as we went out to put a grass fire in a neighbor's pasture. All of the grandsons/daughters/kinfolk have been photographed at one point on this tractor with my grandfather.
My grandfather passed in 2006. He was one of 11 in southwest Georgia. EDIT: After talking with my dad, this is my grandfather's war history. He was a part of the 2nd Infantry Division. His first day of combat was Christmas Day 1944. Survived; went on to complete his tour in Europe until V-E day, returned to Texas to train for Japan invasion until the war was over. His Bronze Star was awarded for Valor after his machine gunner was killed and he picked up the gun. Never deployed to the Asian theater due to the war ending and returned home to the farm in Southwest Georgia. Farmed the property, my father and my aunt(deceased) were their only children. Went on to become the longest serving mayor in Georgia history(Mayor of Funston, Ga until his passing).
Slight backstory: My father was deployed to the Netherlands in the late 80s/early 90s. My grandparents came over to visit us while we were there. As part of their visit, they toured some of the places he had been deployed to, including the forest where he first saw combat. My father asked him what he remembered, he replied "It is hard to remember when I have been trying to forget what happened here for 40 years."
After farming duty, this tractor became the staple of ditch mowing for Funston until the town purchased an early 80's Massey Ferguson for his use for ditch mowing/cemetery maintenance. He still did normal farm duties/took care of Town's water supply until the day he passed.
Still collating pictures. This thread is going to serve has a rebuild thread as well as a remembrance thread. My grandfather was a very important figure in my life. I spent many summers with him and my grandma, working the family farm and learning everything. Right before he passed, recognition of his medals from WWII(a fire in the records dept kept him from receiving everything he earned and my father(retired LTCol Army aviation)
This is me, early 2006. I have photos of myself from the early 1990s with him but digital is hard to find.
A few of my nieces in 2006/07 before I brought it to NC.
:EDIT: Updated information.
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