Roland Alvah Powell is my grandfather's father. Although "29" is written on the back of the photo, it can't mean 1929. He was only 28 in 1929, and in any case the bikini (see beach in background) hadn't been invented in 1929. So I don't know. I think I remember Grandpa saying they used to go to the beach in New Hampshire, and that may be where he is.
Roland was wounded in Meusse-Argonne in WWI. When Grandpa found his medal, he told Grandpa he got it for saving a girl: "Because he had two girls, and he saved one for the next night."
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