Well, post some military pics.

An oldie but a goodie. My father (last row looking oh-so-debonair) and his squad just after the war. Can you tell he was platoon sgt from the attitude?

MG Platoon, HQ Co. 49th AIB, 8th Armored Division, 9th Army. 1945

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K1MIZ/USMC0311 said:
Me on the USS Belleau Wood
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When were you on the Block of Wood?? I was with the 31st MEU(SOC) 96-98 and spent time on her. Here's a pic of me (tattood guy) after getting back from Tandem Thrust 97 in Australia.
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Family pics
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Starting from the top left. That's a picture of my uncle Chuck McKinley. He was in tanks during Vietnam. Earned 2 purple heart clusters for injuries. If you look closly at his left hand you'll notice only 3 fingers. His hand was horribly injured in combat and they removed one finger so it wouldn't appear to be a stump and then grafted his big toe on to where his thumb would be. He survived the war.

To the right is one of the airplanes that my grandfather (Francis McKinley) helped navigate as a TSGT with the Army Air Corps (8th Air Drone Squadron). His unit flew 'The Hump' several times and he even flew missions along side the AVG. He was able to meet Chaing Kai Check's daughter and escort her in a few flights (my mother has those pictures). Below that photo is his unit patch.

To the left of the unit patch is my grandmother's dog tags (Johanna Church) and her Army Nurse pin. She was stationed on the coast of England at emergency field hospitals during the Normandy Invasion. Troops would be wounded then shipped back to her. As they progressed forward, so to did her unit and she working in France in field hospitals.

To the left of that is my great-grand-father's, Charles Church (whom my uncle was named after) pay book (I only have one photo of him in france, but will be post that as soon as I can find it). He was a Cpl in the Army during WWI and was sent to the hell of the fighting. When he came back we were told of a different man and to his death, he never talked about what happened. He was gassed in the trenches, too. I can only imagine the hell he faced from the descriptions of the medals he earned. Below are those medals:
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Some of my family flags (they are in cases now)
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My mom has a big box of my family's military history. Here is one of the records I found. This is one of my great-great uncles. I also had another uncle, Simeon Buys, that was killed at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run and prior to that was a bodyguard for Grant. Yes, we fought for the North (Mass!).
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My grandpa flew with the Army Air Corps in Burma and China during WWII. He was attached to the 8th Air Drone Squadron who flew with the AVG and Flying Tigers (the Tigers were their escorts). I had a captured Japanese flag years ago and gave it to a Japanese historical society while I was stationed there to try and return it to the Japanese soldier's family. I also had a FT jacket patch that pilots wore in case of being downed over China. I gave this to a VFW for them to display (for the other WWII vets that were there, I thought it would be fitting). Well this isn't going anywhere. It's a silk Flying Tigers scarf.
 
Thanks. My family (on my mother's side) has been in the military as long as I can trace them back to landing here around 1620-1630.
 
commissioning of the USS New Orleans, in New Orleans. Nothing like getting paid to go party down on Bourbon St. I love the military.


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Penguin, that's awesome.

Here's a few from the late 1980's at Ft Campbell...B 2/327th Infantry, 1st Bde, 101st Abn Div (AASLT)
"No Slack"

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Korean DMZ, 1989 A 2/503rd Inf, 2nd Bde, Second Infantry Division "Cold Steel"

On point in the DMZ during a rest halt for our straphangar.....

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From Guard Post Ouellette, the little yellow signs mark the actual border between good and evil...

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Aussie from a UH-60

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Me and my sweetheart, Henrietta Hog, making noise and putting holes in things......

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OK, I am nucking futs, but happiness IS a belt fed weapon!

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Tim J, that last pic of yours is my favorite to date on this thread. NOTHING better than loving your work!
 
Andy in NH said:
K1MIZ/USMC0311,
Nice pictures!

The orient was the one corner of the world I never deployed to.

What unit were you with?




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I was with Bravo Co 1st Bn 3rd Marines Kaneohe Bay Hawaii but while over seas in S.E Asia I was with 31st MEU(SOC)
On the USS Belleau Wood and USS Fort McHenry both twice between 97 and 2000

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Pilgrim said:
Do you know anything about how this name came about? It was my mother's maiden name.
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He was from Lowell. Maybe there is a connection.

Medal of Honor, 9th Infantry Regt, 2nd ID.

Born in 1930....

His citation reads as follows:

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company H, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division

Place and date: Near Yongsan, Korea, from August 31, to September 3, 1950.

Entered service at: Lowell, Mass. Birth: Lowell, Mass.

G.O. No.: 25, April 25, 1951.

Citation:

Pfc. Ouellette distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy in the Makioug-Chang River salient. When an enemy assault cut off and surrounded his unit he voluntarily made a reconnaissance of a nearby hill under intense enemy fire to locate friendly troop positions and obtain information of the enemy's strength and location. Finding that friendly troops were not on the hill, he worked his way back to his unit under heavy fire. Later, when an airdrop of water was made outside the perimeter, he again braved enemy fire in an attempt to retrieve water for his unit. Finding the dropped cans broken and devoid of water, he returned to his unit. His heroic attempt greatly increased his comrades' morale. When ammunition and grenades ran low, Pfc. Ouellette again slipped out of the perimeter to collect these from the enemy dead. After collecting grenades he was attacked by an enemy soldier. He killed this enemy in hand-to-hand combat, gathered up the ammunition, and returned to his unit. When the enemy attacked on 3 September, they assaulted his position with grenades. On 6 occasions Pfc. Ouellette leaped from his foxhole to escape exploding grenades. In doing so, he had to face enemy small-arms fire. He continued his resistance, despite a severe wound, until he lost his life. The extraordinary heroism and intrepidity displayed by Pfc. Ouellette reflect the highest credit on himself and are in keeping with the esteemed traditions of the military service.[1]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._Ouellette
 
I have my great grandfathers purple heart and WW1 victory medal with a few of the same campaigns.

Is there a site that i can go to learn more about his service? All i know was that he was in the army...


Ill post pics of the medals when i get a chance.

penguin said:
To the left of that is my great-grand-father's, Charles Church (whom my uncle was named after) pay book (I only have one photo of him in france, but will be post that as soon as I can find it). He was a Cpl in the Army during WWI and was sent to the hell of the fighting. When he came back we were told of a different man and to his death, he never talked about what happened. He was gassed in the trenches, too. I can only imagine the hell he faced from the descriptions of the medals he earned. Below are those medals:
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Is there a site that i can go to learn more about his service? All i know was that he was in the army...
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Not knowing what unit makes it really tough to locate a person.

I maintain a website for the 90th Division and that Division was a major player and very active in all the battles that you mention in your posting.

I've posted several books online of the 90th's part in that war. Even if your relative wasn't in the 90th, (or maybe he was), if you read these WW1 books, you'll know what he went thru.

In the books there are many names of soldiers mentioned, in action and in lists for awards/casualties, etc.

Maybe you'll get lucky.

here's where you'll find the online books:

The 90th Division and Unit Histories in WWI

Here's the main web site:
http://www.90thDivisionAssociation.org

I'm sure you'll find something of interest.
 
OK here are the pics of his medals:

All three
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His Dog Tag:
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Close up of Victory Medal
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Im thinking of sending off to get his service record and my grandfathers Naval service record from Korea. He was on the U.S.S. Fulton.
 
Dench said:
chester, did you serve with the germans (heer) at all in kosovo?
a 3 star german was in charge of the country when i was there. they are "interesting" to say the least.
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Germans and Russians were in our sector. we were with the Multi-national Brigade - East. lots of different nationalities.

they loved Gerber's and Rocky Boots.

i think one of the funniest memories was a Nigerian Police police officer with a revolver at the clearning barrel [rofl]
 
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Dench said:
wow the Russians must of been weird to have around. i read somewhere that they were fighting with the US over Pristina airport at one point.

i was driving a mitsubishi land rover type truck with police stuff on it once in Pristina, and this SUV pulled up next to me on the highway there with this guy waving and waving and waving. so i looked over to him, and low and behold it was the UN, with a uniformed Nigerian waving away. well we had a policy with UN trucks, and thats "UN trucks have a blast radius of 100 meters", becuase the serbians and albanians would bomb their trucks like it was going out of style, so i had to break out the offensive driving to get that guy away from me.

we had a few people shoot rounds into the clearing barrel also. the germans did a nice 3 round burst into one with a G36. someone in my company shot off a 9mm at the Swedish camp near pristina, and the other armies did it occasionally also but i cant remember specifics.

what did the nigerian do with his revolver?

i was in East also, but the germans were in the south sector, and the russians were long gone.
the greeks, ukranians, pols and the americans were the main force in the east sector as of 2006+
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we had a Officer shoot the clearing barrel 3 times. In a row. With an M9. Not one of ours but while we were there.

an M9.
Beretta.
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Russians loved the Rockies and gerbers in Bosnia as well.
 

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