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Alfred Schmidt about 1946 in his leather rocker in the farmhouse kitchen. The bench his sons Ruben and Claude sat on for meals is visible to the right, and the Regulator clock is above him on the wall.

58: Claude Schmidt was working with his father Alfred (pictured) cutting hay when the load tipped over (about 1946). Claude ran to get a second pitchfork to clean up, and also grabbed his camera to get this shot. His father was less than amused that Claude stopped to take a picture.
57: Claude Schmidt college graduation, 1946.
56: Claude Schmidt on the family farm with a sheep, about 1946.
55: Alfred Schmidt in his World War I uniform alongside son Claude in his Navy cadet uniform, about 1945.
54: Alfred Schmidt models his World War I Army uniform alongside his son Ruben in his World War II uniform, about 1944.
53: Claude Schmidt in Navy cadet uniform in 1944 at age 19.
52: Claude Schmidt in Navy cadet uniform, circa 1944.
51: Claude Schmidt and dog Mickey on the family farm, about 1944. Claude is wearing his Navy midshipman's uniform because he was enrolled in the Navy's V-12 program for pre-med students.
50: Claude Schmidt worked the family farm in 1943 with these horses. The "chicken barn" is in the background.
49: Alfred Schmidt family circa 1943, when oldest son Ruben was called into military service in World War II. Left-to-right are Irmgard (née Ruhbusch), Claude, Alfred, and Ruben.