patches Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share #126 Posted March 18, 2021 Colonel Frank O'Driscoll “Monk” Hunter To Paraphrase one the BBC broadcasts to the French on the morning of June 6th. Frank Has a Long Moustache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted March 18, 2021 Share #127 Posted March 18, 2021 And the winner is..................the Navy pilot in this official Bu. Aero. photo........who wouldn't shave 'till he went to sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted March 18, 2021 Share #128 Posted March 18, 2021 The original duck dynasty, Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share #129 Posted March 18, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted March 18, 2021 Share #130 Posted March 18, 2021 Woahhhh!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share #131 Posted March 19, 2021 A 1970 Swabby, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share #132 Posted March 19, 2021 A German POW a pilot I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted March 19, 2021 Share #133 Posted March 19, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share #134 Posted March 19, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted March 19, 2021 Share #135 Posted March 19, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted March 19, 2021 Share #136 Posted March 19, 2021 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted March 19, 2021 Share #137 Posted March 19, 2021 Identified as Sgt Oakley M Ruth. I apologise for getting off subject...but hey, at least the both have facial hair.😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleEnvelopment Posted April 1, 2021 Share #138 Posted April 1, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Leonard Posted April 26, 2021 Share #139 Posted April 26, 2021 My father aboard USS Hornet after the Battle of Midway. He was XO of VF-3 off Yorktown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted April 26, 2021 Share #140 Posted April 26, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguy1986 Posted April 28, 2021 Share #141 Posted April 28, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share #142 Posted October 16, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share #143 Posted October 16, 2021 And this late WWII or early Post WWII GI, he's got one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share #144 Posted May 24, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share #145 Posted May 24, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share #146 Posted January 17, 2023 Here you go just about a Walrus Moustache. 3rd Division, Sicily I think. His patch is quite detached we see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 17, 2023 Share #147 Posted January 17, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted January 17, 2023 Share #148 Posted January 17, 2023 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share #149 Posted January 28, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted January 28, 2023 Share #150 Posted January 28, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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