I have to chime in, firstly, I am also in Sacramento, and I remember about a year ago LaVar being in the local news. Never heard anything about his father before, and I tip my cap to your Dad, that's very special indeed. I have a good friend whose father was in China with the Flying Tigers, he had worn his father's jacket and medals to high school because it seemed cool at the time. Of course he ruined them and lost them and regrets it now.
Edited- from wikipedia "His father and namesake, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Sr., was a photographer for the
U.S. Army Signal Corps "