Bob Hudson Posted October 12, 2019 Share #1 Posted October 12, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted October 12, 2019 If I knew what years Rayford was a Major, it would help date this. I haven't found anything yet with promotion dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted October 12, 2019 I had thought the names were written by one person, but in looking at them again I can see that Rayford appears to use small upper-case letters, where Gaines used small lower case, ie. RAYFORD versus Gaines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted October 12, 2019 Here's Gaines during the war - The headphones look much nicer than shown in the estate sale operators photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted October 13, 2019 Thurston L. Gaines, Jr. Class 44-G-SE 8/4/1944 Flt. Officer T64635 Freeport, NY March 20, 1922- December 31, 2016 Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group After the war, Gaines went back to Tuskegee as a pilot trainer in the B-25 bomber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMI88 Posted October 13, 2019 Share #6 Posted October 13, 2019 Very cool find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted October 13, 2019 As I looked for info on the headphone's owner I briefly forgot what else I picked up from Dr. Gaines estate. These ribbons look like they've been stored in a garden shed, but the Purple Heart case survived nicely. I know he received the Purple Heart and became a POW, but I don't know if the ribbons are correct for his service. There was an un-named Air Medal I passed on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted October 15, 2019 I have been looking for something that would show Dr Gaine's ribbons - I found this and it seems to jibe with the well-weathered ribbon bars I got fom his estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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