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re: WWII buffs-Need help re: Pops 19's missing USAAF insignia...pics
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:44 pm to northshorebamaman
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:44 pm to northshorebamaman
Lol.
Another thing I found out about my wife’s grandfather was that he enlisted to work in supply(quartermaster) and then switched to Infantry during training before going to Europe. I find that pretty cool as I enlisted to do supply and reclassed to Infantry before I deployed.
Another thing I found out about my wife’s grandfather was that he enlisted to work in supply(quartermaster) and then switched to Infantry during training before going to Europe. I find that pretty cool as I enlisted to do supply and reclassed to Infantry before I deployed.
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Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:45 pm to northshorebamaman
You fricker 
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:47 pm to Wolfhound45
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:48 pm to CobraCommander83
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D-day
Nasty, nasty business. I can't imagine what that was like, or living through it. I bet he had some stories to tell, for sure, but would he even want to...?
A shame his decorations were lost, but I'm sure he earned 2x that in those first 12-24 hrs alone, much less his action before and after.
I can only imagine how hard it was for my Grandpa (being a Great War Vet, seeing what he saw) to watch my 17 yr-old Dad go off to join up.
Pops said he never tried to talk him out of it, but he sensed Grandpa was treating it as a final good-bye, like Dad coming home was flat-out impossible...but he never verbalized that idea.
At the station, when Dad was leaving, my aunt and uncle were there with Grammaw and Grandpa-who was all smiles and good cheer till the train pulled out. On the drive home, he never said a word or made a sound, but tears poured steadily the whole way. They never saw him cry before or after that day.
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:48 pm to 19
Not being an A hole, but is was the US Army Air Corps. My dad was in it. 
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:57 pm to 19
This is just a suggestion... But I would write your Fathers (And Grandfathers) name, date, location and any other information that you know on the back of those pictures...
Believe me.. Nothing worse than coming across a great picture somewhere, and there be absolutely no information about it on the back...
Believe me.. Nothing worse than coming across a great picture somewhere, and there be absolutely no information about it on the back...
This post was edited on 11/8/18 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:01 pm to Wolfhound45
That's my grandfather from WWI.
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:15 pm to WWII Collector
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This is just a suggestion... But I would write your Fathers (And Grandfathers) name, date, location and any other information that you know on the back of those
More pics of Pops:
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:20 pm to 19
Awesome...
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:23 pm to 19
Good stuff there.
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:28 pm to 19
I also have their "War watches" 
Grandpa's 1908 Waltham, (He had the dial replaced after WWI, but it's the original movement) and the Cortebert he gave Dad when he left for flight school in '42.
I've had them both serviced within last 2 yrs.
Grandpa's 1908 Waltham, (He had the dial replaced after WWI, but it's the original movement) and the Cortebert he gave Dad when he left for flight school in '42.
I've had them both serviced within last 2 yrs.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 12:21 am to 19
Well, you’ve got the World War II Victory Medal.
The U.S. disc was for enlisted men. Judging by the headphones being worn in the photograph, I’m assuming he was a radio operator, likely on a bomber? That would have been an enlisted position.
The two patches are the U.S. Army Air Forces patch; does not denote a specific unit. The wings and propeller pins are also standard USAAF insignia.
The round eagle one...is that a uniform button or pin?
The single stripe likely denotes Private First Class. Buck Privates during WWI and WWII did not have a rank insignia.
My grandfather was also USAAF and I have similar items.
The U.S. disc was for enlisted men. Judging by the headphones being worn in the photograph, I’m assuming he was a radio operator, likely on a bomber? That would have been an enlisted position.
The two patches are the U.S. Army Air Forces patch; does not denote a specific unit. The wings and propeller pins are also standard USAAF insignia.
The round eagle one...is that a uniform button or pin?
The single stripe likely denotes Private First Class. Buck Privates during WWI and WWII did not have a rank insignia.
My grandfather was also USAAF and I have similar items.
This post was edited on 11/9/18 at 7:49 am
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