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Frederick A Gonzalez II...Pearl Harbor survivor and Iwo vet

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another shot of him in blues...weeks before the attack

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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

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another shot of him in blues...weeks before the attack

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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.

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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.

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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.

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These were in a Coast Guard grouping I had back in 2008.

 

This one was WWII:

 

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And this he took in 1951: a beard contest on the cutter Eastward.

 

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More fitting look for a late 19th century Great War Austrian, or German, or French, or Italian Soldier :lol: Another late 60s example of the military points mustache.

 

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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

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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

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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/

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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.

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