jeeplover Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share #26 Posted April 29, 2019 i appreciate all the nice comments. when i get his records i will share. this is what Geoff at golden arrow said. lets hope the employee at the NARA is having a good day. Hello Keith, here are the options for this file: Thanks for your inquiry. I would be happy to help you. I can access the complete file with the permission of the living veteran, or the next of kin if the veteran is deceased. If the veteran is living then we must have their signature to access the file. If the veteran is deceased the record can be accessed by the next of kin. The next of kin would be considered the parent,sibling, un-remarried spouse or child of the veteran. A file under 40 pages is $75 a file over 40 pages is $100. Let me know if you want to move forward. With these service records which are not open to the public I can only access photocopies and not digital scans of the file. Some records such as duplicate pages may be skipped during the copying process. If you do not have access to the living veteran or the next of kin of the deceased veteran, then only basic info can be accessed from the file. I request: a photo, duties, stations, units, ranks, ships, stations, medals and awards. What I get depends on the NARA employee working the case. That is $65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thEvac Posted April 29, 2019 Share #27 Posted April 29, 2019 Wow. Spec 7s were not seen much if at all when I was in the Army in 1969. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share #28 Posted April 29, 2019 someone else said the same thing. was that a hard rank to obtain? I know ranks just not how to get them. was never able to enlist in the military I am def in my right ear. grandfather was in ww2 dad said he got home and burned all his equipment he was supposedly a cook. my father was in Vietnam he told me he was in at the tail end he said all the big battles were done. he delivered supplies to fire bases. he said he would engage the enemy on occasion but said lots of time it was a group of guys shooting the bushes latterly. he sent lots home but grandpa sold it all. my fathers uniform was destroyer in a house fire. I love to collet this stuff because I have a passion for history. these men and all vets put there life on the line for my freedoms. god bless them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share #29 Posted April 29, 2019 ok after looking up the rank systen. please correct me if i am wrong. specialist ranks were for people who had more administrative dutys. thinking about it the way our military was segrated would it make sense he had that rank instead of the officer equivelent purely based on race. please correct me if i am wrong i am always learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted April 29, 2019 Share #30 Posted April 29, 2019 I see he has a Armored hq's patch on also a cib. So during the war he was armored inf. Very nice please share his records when you get them Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share #31 Posted April 29, 2019 I see he has a Armored hq's patch on also a cib. So during the war he was armored inf. Very nice please share his records when you get them Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk wow that is so neat. thank you all very much for your imput, i wish the ribbon bar was clear i can see he has 3 battle stars. i could take 90 days for his records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12A54 Posted April 30, 2019 Share #32 Posted April 30, 2019 “Buffalo Soldier” refers to two specific Cavalry (9th and 10th) Cavalry and two specific Infantry (24th and 25) Regiments that originated their great histories during the 1870s - 1900. It is not a generic term for any and all African American veterans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share #33 Posted April 30, 2019 Before World War II, the black 25th Infantry Regiment was based at Ft Huachuca. During the war, Ft Huachuca served as the home base of the Black 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions. The 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were mostly disbanded, and the soldiers were moved into service-oriented units, along with the entire 2nd Cavalry Division. The 92nd Infantry Division, the "Buffalo Division," served in combat during the Italian campaign. The 93rd Infantry Division—including the 25th Infantry Regiment—served in the Pacific theater.[43] Separately, independent Black artillery, tank, and tank destroyer battalions, as well as quartermaster and support battalions served in World War II. All of these units to a degree carried out the traditions of the Buffalo Soldiers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share #34 Posted April 30, 2019 “Buffalo Soldier” refers to two specific Cavalry (9th and 10th) Cavalry and two specific Infantry (24th and 25) Regiments that originated their great histories during the 1870s - 1900. It is not a generic term for any and all African American veterans. had he been a marine I would not have used the term. when you google buffalo solider the 2nd Cavalry Division. was also mentioned. if I have offend someone it was not my intent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12A54 Posted April 30, 2019 Share #35 Posted April 30, 2019 No offense taken. I served in the 10th Cavalry for three years and commanded C Troop and know the history. I just think the term is used way too loosely and has been appropriated somewhat generically in recent times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share #36 Posted May 12, 2019 ok just got a email records are in. as soon as i get them i will share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted May 12, 2019 Share #37 Posted May 12, 2019 Posted Today, 05:21 PM ok just got a email records are in. as soon as i get them i will share Great! Can't wait to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share #38 Posted May 13, 2019 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jpmd7yx2a3wjt09/Bowen%20Joseph.pdf?dl=0 here is his file not sure I got anything new that the pictures don't tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share #39 Posted May 14, 2019 geoff told me that due to the fire those six pages are all that is left. i was hopeing for more i wanted to restore his 2 ike jackets one is stripped all the way and one has the e7 rank patches. the stripped out one has e7 shadows. I spoke to a friend of mine who was a curator of a museum for advice. he told me to make one the armored infantry and to make the other like his photo with his wife. any advice from you guys how would you do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted May 14, 2019 Share #40 Posted May 14, 2019 here is his file not sure I got anything new that the pictures don't tell Yes, not much new in the files. When he was at Ft. Monmouth, NJ he was most likely either receiving or providing training as an instructor at the Ft. Monmouth Signal School there. In the files you have it shows under his name the acronym USASCS which stands for United States Army Signal Center and School. Remember that 1957 commendation he received for teaching a Radar System to the Japanese Self Defense Forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share #41 Posted May 14, 2019 in the obit there is a photo of him graduating the signal school fort mon mouth nj the photo is dated 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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