jguy1986 Posted November 23, 2015 Share #76 Posted November 23, 2015 Here's my handsome grandpa on the USS Uniontown. He had that pencil moustache for years after the war, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASEUSA11B Posted March 20, 2016 Share #77 Posted March 20, 2016 From the book "Forever A Soldier" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted March 20, 2016 Share #78 Posted March 20, 2016 Frederick A Gonzalez II...Pearl Harbor survivor and Iwo vet another shot of him in blues...weeks before the attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 20, 2016 Share #79 Posted March 20, 2016 Frederick A Gonzalez II...Pearl Harbor survivor and Iwo vet Brig.....you just identified one of my USMC Sergeants - Photo detail, USMC Barracks Detachment, Pearl Harbor November 1941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share #80 Posted March 21, 2016 another shot of him in blues...weeks before the attack Why is he wearing the French Rope of the 5th and 6th Marines if he was at Pearl, was he a Great War Vet? He looks kinda of young for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted March 21, 2016 Share #81 Posted March 21, 2016 Been wondering that myself. He entered service in 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share #82 Posted March 21, 2016 Been wondering that myself. He entered service in 39 Did he ever serve in the 5th or 6th Marines either before or after Pearl Harbor Day? perhaps that caption is in error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share #83 Posted March 24, 2016 This CA officer was posted in another topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted March 24, 2016 Share #84 Posted March 24, 2016 They never did that in WW2. owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogan Posted April 6, 2016 Share #85 Posted April 6, 2016 A movie still from Combatcamera.behttps://www.facebook.com/PatrickBrion/videos/1136996209677745/?hc_location=ufi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share #86 Posted April 6, 2016 A twofer of Lt John Ernser 351st Infantry I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share #87 Posted April 6, 2016 A Vietnam War example of an Eng Officer in 1971. His shoulder patch by the way is Engineer Command Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share #88 Posted April 6, 2016 Does this count. A Greek Soldier Korea 1953. Sure why not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share #89 Posted April 27, 2016 Two Gyrenes in Korea, circa 1952. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted April 29, 2016 Share #90 Posted April 29, 2016 Here is that famous photo of Patton with a beard. Lets don't forget Bradley's facial hair... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share #91 Posted May 11, 2016 Here's a nice mustachio right, he's one Hugh Magee. He was in from 1952-74, I guess this portrait will date from the early 70s. He flew combat missions from USS RANGER (CVA-61) Jan-Aug 1966 and USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64) Apr-Nov 1967, and ended up with a total of 247 combat missions, of which 200+ were over North Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted May 11, 2016 Share #92 Posted May 11, 2016 These were in a Coast Guard grouping I had back in 2008. This one was WWII: And this he took in 1951: a beard contest on the cutter Eastward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted May 11, 2016 Share #93 Posted May 11, 2016 Does this count. A Greek Soldier Korea 1953. Sure why not A Greek.jpg Real Greek men come into the world equipped with a killer moustache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share #94 Posted June 17, 2016 More fitting look for a late 19th century Great War Austrian, or German, or French, or Italian Soldier Another late 60s example of the military points mustache. George E. Groom at Fort Sheridan, Illinois 1969. George Groom was born in 1933 in Stewartsville, Missouri. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on March 26, 1951, and was trained as an infantryman. Groom served with 2nd Battalion of the 27th Infantry Division during the Korean War from August 1951 to August 1952. After Korea, he served as a Combat Engineer in West Germany from November 1952 to February 1954. Groom then served as a Combat Engineer at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Fort Gordon, Georgia, before serving as a Military Policeman at Fort Gordon, from December 1955 to August 1956. He then served as a Supply Specialist and Ammunition Storage Specialist, serving at Fort Gordon and then in West Germany from May 1957 to May 1960. He served as an Artillery Gunner at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from June 1960 to May 1961, and then trained as an Infantry Operations and Intelligence Specialist and Radio Operator, serving with the Special Forces on Okinawa and then with the Military Assistance Advisory Group in the Republic of Vietnam from December 1961 to March 1963. During this time, Sgt Groom was captured by Viet Cong forces in South Vietnam and was held as a Prisoner of War for 24 days, from April 8, 1962, to May 1, 1962. He then served with 1st Special Forces at Fort Bragg from March 1963 to July 1966, when he went to Taiwan to serve with the Military Assistance Advisory Group there. Sgt Groom returned to the U.S. in May 1968 and served at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, until May 1969. He served with the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Iran from May 1969 to May 1970, and then as an Intelligence Sergeant at Fort Knox, Kentucky, from May 1970 until his retirement from the Army on January 31, 1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share #95 Posted June 17, 2016 An Marine, Vietnam date and unit unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted June 18, 2016 Share #96 Posted June 18, 2016 An Marine, Vietnam date and unit unknown. COL. David E. Lownds commanding 26th Marines @ Khe Sanh WW2 Korea Vietnam Wounded Saipan and Iwo Jima Navy Cross Died August 31, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #97 Posted June 18, 2016 COL. David E. Lownds commanding 26th Marines @ Khe Sanh WW2 Korea Vietnam Wounded Saipan and Iwo Jima Navy Cross Died August 31, 2011 Our thanks to Linedggie. To me he dosen't look that old in this foto, thought he was a senior NCO or perhaps a Captain, maybe a Major. Here's a whole topic on him. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/201449-colonel-david-lownds-usmc-navy-cross-receipent-base-commander-khe-sanh-1968/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogan Posted November 28, 2016 Share #98 Posted November 28, 2016 So if I am right, then in the WW2 us soldiers could get some sort of permission to have a beard or mustache outside of the regulations? Is there anyone who has such a written permission form? Would love to see one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted January 20, 2017 Share #99 Posted January 20, 2017 This is from a 1944 edition of Life Magazine and an article on the building of the Lido Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted January 31, 2017 Share #100 Posted January 31, 2017 A few from the 307th BG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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