(Roll Call - Notes) I got side tracked, but am now compiling this. I don't think I missed any messages. These are the submissions to be added to the current list. If there are more speak now. Any can also ask to be in the "Friends of the Military Section" who don't have military service or other service you wish included.
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From: ManyMoose
Father, USMC, Staff Sergeant, 1938-1946, Admiral's aide, gun pointer first class on five inch gun, USS Northampton (sunk, Battle of Tassafaronga, Recruiter, Navigator, aerologist (weather predictor).
Brother, USMC, Vietnam Era, Sergeant, aircraft support maintenance, gunship door gunner.
Father-in-law, US Army Air Corps, 8th Air Force, 306th Bomb Group (First over Germany), First Pilot, B-17, Shot down on 13th mission, POW 2 years, Stalag 3.
Brother-in-law, US Air Force, Lt. Col, Ret. Vietnam era, Instructor Pilot, B-52
Uncle, Navy Seabees, Dutch Harbor, Alaska
Brother-in-law, 1st Lt. US Army, Vietnam era
Son-in-law, Major, US Army, MD, pathologist, Ft. Lewis Washington, in service.
Supporter of our military: ManyMoose draft designation 1Y, turned down by USMC, Vietnam era.
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I'm proud to be on that list. When you update it, could you please add the following:
Glenn Petersen: Father – U.S. Army 1941-1946, stationed in India; Uncle – U.S. Marines, 1941-1945, survivor of Iwo Jima; two cousins – U.S. Marines, served in Viet Nam
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From: D. Long
Add my fam to the list. I have unit information somewhere in files at home.
Father: US Army, infantry, Vietnam; police officer for several years; volunteer fireman
Uncle 1: US Army, Airborn, Korea
Uncle 2: US Army, infantry, Vietnam
Uncle 3: US Army, infantry, Korea
Cousin 1: US Air Force, MP, Britain
Grandfather: US Army, mechanized infantry, WWII France, Italy, Austria
Great Grandfather: US Army, infantry, WWI France
Great, etc. Granduncle: US Army, infantry, Civil War
Of my own account, I was a volunteer fireman in PA
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From: Wharf Rat
Saw you had some fire guys...I was the director of Respiratory Therapy at the Palo Alto VA for 10 years.
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From: Alan Smithee
Smithee (Father, Lt. Col. Ret., USMC, 1952-1972; tours of duty including Haiti and Viet Nam).
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From: Tom the Paperhanger
Father - USAF 23 years
Brother - USAF now Air Force Reserves
Brother - USAF now Air National Guard
Cousins and uncles too numerous to mention. 2 cousins are combat vets, 1 uncle died in combat.
The boys in our family had two options, the military or the union. I picked the union, my brothers were the smart ones. :)
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From: ManyMoose
THEIR debt, not mine. I did nothing except apply to the recruiter and fail the hearing test.
From: ManyMoose
I was a proud forester for 38 years. First service was 1962 as a fire lookout. Last year of service was 2003 as Regional Inventory Specialist.
I considered myself a silviculturist, a forester who specializes in growing and tending stands of trees. I take pride and a good deal of faith in knowing that the forest stands I put my footprints in will be benefit of grandchildren's grandchildren.
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From: Ish
I was a medic in the 581st that took care of the ambulance stuff for 2nd Gen at Landstuhl . Also the parts guy and tow truck guy. We were a little short handed.
From: Ish
In the army I drove a multi-fuel deuce and a half that would run on diesel or gas. Hell, it would run on cooking oil. I think running a diesel modern car on gas is the compression ratio. Might blow the engine plus the cylinders wouldn't be properly lubed.
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From: LindyBill
I wore that 7th ARMY patch for 2 1/2 years. About time we pulled out. The problem is, the Officer Corps loves duty in Germany.
From: LindyBill
I spent 2 1/2 years pounding a Remington typewriter
From: LindyBill
I joined up after Korea was over and spent a few wonderful years in Europe in the '50s typing.
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From: Don Rhodes
You can add me to the USN list and I have a minimum of four cousins that also served during the Viet Nam era, frankly I've lost count on that front.
I'll have to check with the family historian, she knows back past the civil war.
From: Don Rhodes
My service was as a east coast sailor, which pretty well precluded any V.N. duties. One of the cousins was a career officer in the Air Force. The rest, did their bit and got on with their lives.
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From: goldworldnet
I can't believe I forgot to add him and will this time, but I also have an uncle who was a SEAL and career Navy. He spent 3 or 4 tours in Vietnam as a "UD" Underwater Demolitionist.
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From: Ruffian
My Dad was in the Marines in WW2...........Tulagi and Guadalcanal..............I come from a large Italian family, had eight uncles in WW2, Army, Navy Air Force......My mothers brother was killed at Anzio, he was married to my fathers sister......
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From: ManyMoose
I forgot my cousin who was a Special Forces Medic, Vietnam era and Central America.
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From: Alan Smithee
Your post made me remember that I forgot to mention, my Brother-in-Law. Green Beret, Viet Nam, appx. 1967-1968.
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From: KLP
Yes, list me as an Active Supporter for our Military, both active and Veterans....
One son was an Navy Pilot ("Top Gun"- his CO said...P-3) for several years, but left because of all the funding cuts...he felt he just couldn't send his men into harms way with faulty equipment.
My Dad was 4F'd (heart) but his cousin was killed in the Battle of Java Sea on the USS Houston. His father tried to find out for years what happened. Now internet tells us...
Both my Granddads were declined for health issues....WWI
But one of my uncles was killed (Marine) in WWI...
One 2 Great Grandfather was killed as Army Union/Civil War, and a 2 Great Uncle 24 y/o, joined an Union Iowa Regiment because he wanted to be sure we had a Union, but was injured at Pleasant Hill, LA...was a POW, but died one month later. I'm still trying to figure out where he is buried....
Had many earlier who were War of 1812, Rev War, French and Indian War, and at least 2 in King Phillips War....
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From: Ron M
RonM USN Civil Engr Corps Viet Nam 69/70
RonM Father---WWII-Carpetbaggers USAAC-OSS
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From: stillholding
my father served as foot soldier in WWII...lost all his teeth in North Africa....have to dig his dog tags up to figure out the details...no dental service in those days, not at the front anyway....
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From: Bridge Player
Impressed with your list of posters with military ties!!
For what it's worth, my brother was in the Air Force during WWII as a bombardier, and flew 34 missions over Germany.
I can't claim military service myself as I was 4F.
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From: Murrey Walker
Lieutenant, US Army, 1966-1968
13 Months in Korea (67-68), last 7 months as Battery Commander, Battery B, 2 Bn, 7th Artillery, 39th Artillery Brigade.
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From: DMaA
Father - Navy radio man WWII
Uncle - Marine Ranger WWII (recon work on Jap held islands prior to invasion)
Uncle - Army MP - Present at Japanese surrender and guarded numerous high ranking jap Generals and Admirals.
From: DMaA
Oh gosh, I forgot my Wife - Lt. Army reserves. Activated during Gulf War I.
From: DMaA
My wife talked her sister into joining up and they went through basic training together.
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From: Hawkmoon
Army 14 years active/reserve CavScout/Humint'r, 2 years DOD contractor in Iraq.
Father, US Navy vet.. Uncle, Army, Vietnam vet
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From: Geoff Altman
Geoff Altman Avionics Technician USN Retired.
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