3 generations of Vardell men in a field jacket

In his 20's, my father wore this coat when he left the Marine Corps after the Korean War. He decided not to make the USMC a career, and he had no desire to return to driving another man's tractor while he plowed another man's field. So, the coat went with him to college, which led to his career in the food industry.

I wore the coat to college at a time of protest of another Asian war. And then in my early 20's, I took it northward to keep me warm while I attended seminary in Minnesota and began my service in the church.

This past week, my son discovered the same field jacket; so, in his early 20's and in his last years' of college, he is the third Vardell male wearing it -- to keep him warm on his bicycle, as he journeys into his future.

May the field jacket protect him, and may God stay with all the wearers!