Facial Hair in the 20 and 21st Century

[pararaftanr2]

And the winner is..................the Navy pilot in this official Bu. Aero. photo........who wouldn't shave 'till he went to sea.

 

 

 

 

[BILL THE PATCH]

The original duck dynasty,

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4 hours ago, pararaftanr2 said:

And the winner is..................the Navy pilot in this official Bu. Aero. photo........who wouldn't shave 'till he went to sea.

 

 

 

 

 

[jerry_k]

Woahhhh!!!!

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A 1970 Swabby,

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A German POW a pilot I believe.

[Dave T]

On 8/29/2017 at 12:26 PM, usaaf93 said:

 

Isnt there a thread on the forum pertaining to this GI and all the guns he was collecting through the war. There is a photo of him somewhere draped with MP40s

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3 hours ago, Dave T said:

Isnt there a thread on the forum pertaining to this GI and all the guns he was collecting through the war. There is a photo of him somewhere draped with MP40s

I think that is a different GI.

 

 

 

 

[Dave T]

4 minutes ago, patches said:

I think that is a different GI.

 

 

 

 

Great Patches!👍

Thanks! Thats the photo i am talking about.

It is the same GI, there was a thread or an article about him somewhere. May have been this forum but could have been somewhere else. When i find it i will post the info.

Thanks again for posting that pic.

 

[Dave T]

34 minutes ago, patches said:

I think that is a different GI.

 

 

 

 

Well, i stand corrected!

The above photo is Pfc  Robert E Leigh of B Co. 329th Inf Regt 83 Inf Div.

His haul consist of:

1 MP 38

2 MP40S

1 MG34

1 MG42

along with his own M1 rifle!

 

[Dave T]

Identified as Sgt Oakley M Ruth.

I apologise for getting off subject...but hey, at least the both have facial hair.😉

[DoubleEnvelopment]

A couple of pics from a grouping I have. Every single sailor in the group photo has a beard. They all survived the Battle off Samar, in the loan surviving Fletcher-class that participated in the battle, the USS Heermann (DD-532). The 2nd is a before and after photos of the sailor group is from. 

[R Leonard]

My father aboard USS Hornet after the Battle of Midway.  He was XO of VF-3 off Yorktown.

[Linedoggie]

On 3/18/2021 at 10:57 AM, pararaftanr2 said:

And the winner is..................the Navy pilot in this official Bu. Aero. photo........who wouldn't shave 'till he went to sea.

 

 

 

 

Interesting unit STAG 1 (Special Task Air Group)

https://pacificwrecks.com/units/usn/stag-1/index.html#:~:text=During the summer of 1943%2C Special Task Air,control each of the Interstate TDR-1 Assault Drone.

[jguy1986]

I have a grouping from a Pharmacist’s Mate who was stationed at Naval Base Hospital #10 in Sydney, Australia. He took this photo of this submariner patient with a patrol beard. 

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Another Vietnam Era GI with a fine stash. Don't have a name but he apparently was in the Air Force before going into the Army as he has a Air Force Aircrewman Badge, a EIB too we see, got without a doubt after he was in the Army for awhile.

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And this late WWII or early Post WWII GI, he's got one too.

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One from WWII, he's Winthrop Rockefeller, 77th Infantry Division Chief of Staff Officer out in the Pacific somewhere.

 

https://rockefellerinstitute.org/blog/remembering-winthrop-rockefeller-and-the-uss-henrico/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remembering-winthrop-rockefeller-and-the-uss-henrico

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WO Paul Madsen with the stash, he was in the Air Cavarly Troop 11th Armored Cavalry.

His Story 

 I was an enlisted man (NCO) from 1962 thru 1968, then I went to Warrant Officer school / helicopter training. Looks like Dec. 68 to Jun 69, in republic of VietNam. originally assigned to 1st Cav. Upon arrival in VietNam, I was given new orders to report to 11th Cav. Upon arrival to 11th Armored Cav. I was assigned to llth Air Cav. Troop. Commanded by LtCol James Bradin (still living). I was then assigned to a Cobra called "The Wonderer". Callsign Thunderhorse 669. I became an aircraft commander after a couple weeks as front seat pilot. Worked hunter / killer teams, flying with loaches, until May 69 when I was assigned as C&C (Command & Control ) pilot for Col Bradin in a C model huey. On June 18, 1969, I was flying C&C looking for North Vietnamese who had just destroyed an artillery battery and killed all the Americans. We found them in the Michelin rubber plantation. We were shot down by a Vietnamese regiment. I had both legs shot in half. Sent to M.A.S.H. hospital, then to Japan, then to Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Spend almost 3 yrs in the hospital for body repairs. Came out with both legs attached but damaged.

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Here you go just about a Walrus Moustache. 3rd Division, Sicily I think. His patch is quite detached we see.

[doyler]

[iron bender]

12 hours ago, patches said:

Here you go just about a Walrus Moustache. 3rd Division, Sicily I think. His patch is quite detached we see.

Appears to be an Italian woven 3rd ID patch too!

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On 1/17/2023 at 2:00 PM, iron bender said:

Appears to be an Italian woven 3rd ID patch too!

Well if it's on Sicily, wouldn't be an Italian made one, America and Italy being at war and all.

[iron bender]

No way that's a US made patch. I'm sticking by Italian mfg. Is this pic positively ID'd as Sicily? Trying to solidly defend my stance here. Could that be a US made patch? I'm thinking the reverse colors in the Italy made patches. 

[iron bender]

this pic is awesome. The improvised shoulder pads, and the ring! I wonder what's the 'crest' on it. Family? Unit? Fraternity? Something local? Great pic!