phantomfixer Posted December 20, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 20, 2018 Lt Edsel Heller's daughter stated these foot lockers were junk.... Lt Ed Heller USAAF 1943-1945, Air Force reserve 1945-1949, and US Army Aviation 1949-1951 Entered the USAAF in 43 enlisted, maybe a cadet? commissioned in 44, with wings looks to be from Blackland Army Air Field Not much on his WWII service, does not appear he left the states Went to Korea and flew a L-19 as a field artillery observer with the 424th FAB Footlockers contained mostly HBTs and others miscellaneous uniforms...and paperwork... enlisted service number is 33606412 Officers number is 02076939 obtained from a form he filled out requesting his medals on a form dated 1998 received the Air Medal in Korea, yet his new medal box contained an oak leaf cluster on his Air Medal... Anyway...not bad for a pile of junk many items not pictured, like his new medals from the 90s, there was a reunion stuff also... dog tage are from his 43 enlistment and his Korean service...looks like he joined the Reserve Army, Pennsylvania, and was activated for Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted December 20, 2018 Crusher is a Flight Weight, kinda salty..with his AN-S-31 flight suit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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phantomfixer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted December 20, 2018 pages of a flight log...from Korea, mostly if not all in a L-19 remarks are for artillery observation, receiving small arms fire, etc his WWII draft card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted December 20, 2018 Base newspaper from WWII stateside training and a Korean log of some sort...maybe a ration book?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted December 20, 2018 as a cadet in San Antonio on pass, then commissioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted December 20, 2018 Flight Weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin Jack Posted December 20, 2018 Share #8 Posted December 20, 2018 Looks as if your Christmas came early. Congratulations on a really fine grouping! Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted December 20, 2018 Share #9 Posted December 20, 2018 Awesome pick up, hardly junk. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USARV72 Posted December 20, 2018 Share #10 Posted December 20, 2018 Glad you got it and will be preserved. Daughter is typical of far to many, “ Those that forget history are doomed to repeat it”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captainofthe7th Posted December 20, 2018 Share #11 Posted December 20, 2018 Amazing junk. I think the Army pilots in Korea are uncommon to find. Your Korean document is North Korean. Without spaces, I believe it translates to: North Korea Farmer's Alliance Both the top and bottom seem to say the same thing, the bottom being a bit more descriptive, but I am not sure how. Adding spaces in between the words can make it "North Korean Agriculture," "North Korean Agriculture Ministry Alliance," and other variations. The first three characters are Bug Joseon which is certainly "North Korea." The rest is up for interpretation, but seems like it's definitely something about agriculture. 북 조선 농민동맹 북 조선 농민동맹붕앙위원힌 Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted December 27, 2018 Sorry for the delay Rob...thanks for translating the booklet...kinda cool that it is North Korean here is the rest of the document...a 4 sided insert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WAHOOMAN Posted December 27, 2018 Share #15 Posted December 27, 2018 If my memory serves correct, there is a newspaper distributed in the Lackland A.F.B. (San Antonio, TX) area called The Tale Spinner. It could still be in circulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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