roysclockgun Posted June 26, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 26, 2020 Dad served three years at Ft. Meade in the pre war days of the 1930's, in an armor unit. Then, he was recalled during WWII, even though my sister and I were already here. He knew that he could be deferred, because he had four brothers already on active military duty. Three of them were in combat. Plus his father was a farmer, so like many, he could have claimed that he was needed on his father's dairy farm. But, without hesitation, he went. The Army put him through tank commander's school at Ft. Knox and put three "acting Jack stripes" on his arm, but he only got a private's pay. For the final two years of the war, he trained new recruits how to handle the M4 Sherman tank. I still have the wool blouse that he wore home, when the war ended. The buck sgt. stripes are on it, along with the ruptured duck patch and armor patch. On the sleeve is the 3 year hash stripe, showing he'd put a hitch in already. Are there any museums that want that sort of WWII blouse to display? Best, Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36thIDAlex Posted June 26, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 26, 2020 You could contact the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, I know they like finding things from instructors and personnel that were stationed there for the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roysclockgun Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted June 26, 2020 Thank you. I will try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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