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Well, post some military pics.
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Jesus....lol
I mean, really, it's been a nice discussion.
You don't have to chime in if you're just going to be a dick. Nobody is begging for your contribution. Unless you have one?
My sole contribution was a photograph of a known provenance of World War II CBI pilot's wings for ALL other to compare...not just you Hoss
Okay. I'm pretty sure the three or four of us commenting on that pic know exactly what USAAC pilot wings look like. Which is why the pic @rudiewhitebwoy posted is so remarkable: they're not the same wings.
Thanks, though.
Never got past the wings... besides need to see the I doctor
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I can't wait for school to be back in session.
There is some irony in your post.
Some sub guns that got rounded up in Somalia April, 1993:
@Picton, I'm sorry your way out of line. All the I see if you speculating about something there is no way in the area of your expertise. Hell you can't even clearly make an ID of said wings, then go on ad nauseam about your theories on his Korean War rank. I find it highly entertaining that you use a personal attack on me, because you feel threatened by my picture of of my father's CBI pilot wings, World War II.
I have a rule with dealing with veterans and relatives of veterans for 37 years always, always, give the benefit of the doubt to the Veteran and family until proven 100% wrong. @rudiewhitebwoy ignore this BS get your uncles DD-214 if you wish and move on.
My Mom is 80, and she's always been a little flighty. I asked her if her brother left then came back, she doesn't remember. I asked her if I could see his Medals, she said she'll try and find them. Come to think of it, I may have a picture of him in uniform and my Mom on her wedding day.
I called my Dad on the 30th to wish him a happy 61st wedding anniversary, he had forgotten and so had my Mom. They thought it was their 60th and I reminded them that I'll be 60 in two months. They said, "Oh, okay it must be 61".
If you can find a DD214, you'll answer a number of questions. They were issued after 1950, and he was in the USAF after that date. So whenever he ETSed, he was given one.
It'll list everything he was ever entitled to wear, his paygrade, his schools, all of it, even the WWII stuff (which would have originally been on a different War Department form; you might find that lying around, too). It is unlikely to reflect his dates of rank, though, which is what perked my ears up in the first place. I'd be very curious to clear it all up.
I doubt I'll ever see his DD214, but I found this on my work computer.
His Obituary DOB is wrong, it should say 1920, not 1929,
he was Captain of the Salem NJ Football Team as was my Grandfather,
the picture with my Mom has was not in his uniform.
Love it. I'm glad you're trying to track this down!
The USAF never had E5 pilots, so that fourth photo still seems very odd, but without a DD214 we'll probably never know. It's got my spidey-senses tingling.
The USAF never had E5 pilots, so that fourth photo still seems very odd, but without a DD214 we'll probably never know. It's got my spidey-senses tingling.
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My daughter on her way to report for her first day of duty after Corpsman school earlier this year. Picture taken at the Navy Lodge near the Great Lakes training facility, she's administering vaccines and doing blood draws, etc. She thinks she'll be there for 2 years:
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I bet the plane in the second pic is a Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet.
A lot of AAF members were officers during WW2,
But after the war they had a large RIF (Reduction in Force,) and if they wanted to stay on active duty they had to resign their Commissions and become Enlisted.
If they stayed in until retirement, their status upon retirement was a Reserve Officer, and held the rank commensurate with their total years in service.
My Dad was a Flight Officer during WW2 and was a Navigator on B-17' flying out of England.
(Flight Officer was the equivalent of LT)
After the war he was RIF'd and stayed in as an Enlisted man.
He retired in 1964 as a Senior Master Sergeant and his Retired ID card listed him as a Major and paid accordingly.
There are many WW2 Veterans that started out as officers, and retired after many years as an Enlisted member! They were not demoted, they were "laid off."
But after the war they had a large RIF (Reduction in Force,) and if they wanted to stay on active duty they had to resign their Commissions and become Enlisted.
If they stayed in until retirement, their status upon retirement was a Reserve Officer, and held the rank commensurate with their total years in service.
My Dad was a Flight Officer during WW2 and was a Navigator on B-17' flying out of England.
(Flight Officer was the equivalent of LT)
After the war he was RIF'd and stayed in as an Enlisted man.
He retired in 1964 as a Senior Master Sergeant and his Retired ID card listed him as a Major and paid accordingly.
There are many WW2 Veterans that started out as officers, and retired after many years as an Enlisted member! They were not demoted, they were "laid off."
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wow. Aren't both those guns older than the Marine holding them?
Maybe?
The Sterling was produced up until 1988 and versions of the PPSH-41 were produced up until the 1990s.
The Marine was produced in 1968.
Too bad digital photography was available to him in 1993, otherwise serial numbers and manufacturer marks could have been recorded.
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