boyt44 Posted June 20, 2010 Share #26 Posted June 20, 2010 Driving a captured Kubelwagen,too! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autorifle Posted June 20, 2010 Share #27 Posted June 20, 2010 My Dad Leo T Minton U.S.M.C. combat engineer 1969-1977And his Dad Leo F Minton U.S. Army 1942-1942 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchInfid3l Posted June 20, 2010 Share #28 Posted June 20, 2010 I've got a few. My father started out in Gunnery School to get into B-52s like his dad, the program got cut and the AF put him in Security Police, he then cross trained to be a Loadmaster for C-130s Soesterberg AB, Netherlands Group shot 32nd SPS, second row, third from left. Dad and and a buddy. 1980-ish On post in 1980-ish and in 1982 with me, opening a present. Pope AFB, NC 1986 back from TDY. Rhein-Main AB, Germany 1992 Second row, second from left. (guys in mess dress are wearing bullion wings) Hurlburt Field, Florida 1994, sitting by the C-130 and 1996 receiving another Aerial Achievement Medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted June 20, 2010 Share #29 Posted June 20, 2010 My Dad, early 1945...the official Army portrait from Fort Knox. I need to have it restored, hence the missing portion of his face. He is almost 84, and still has all of his face.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted June 20, 2010 Share #30 Posted June 20, 2010 Here's my dad in his hooch in Viet Nam, 1969. He still has his boonie (the one on his bunk post). Unfortunately, the army took all of his cammo and he wore his khaki uni home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 20, 2010 Share #31 Posted June 20, 2010 Here's my dad in his hooch in Viet Nam, 1969. He still has his boonie (the one on his bunk post). Unfortunately, the army took all of his cammo and he wore his khaki uni home. Camos look like an ARVN(Vietnamese) pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted June 20, 2010 Share #32 Posted June 20, 2010 Camos look like an ARVN(Vietnamese) pattern Very well could have been. He was an advisor with MACV assigned to Delta IV in Chau Doc. He worked with the ARVNs - went on patrols with ARvn squads, platoons etc. with a U.S. Army officer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpguy80/08 Posted June 21, 2010 Share #33 Posted June 21, 2010 QMSN (Quartermaster Striker?) Bill Coulter, 1926-2009. R.I.P. Papa... we miss you terribly. US Navy, 1943-1955. Ships Served on, LCS(L) (3) 24 in WWII at Okinawa, Occupation duty, Japan, LST-857, Korean conflict, Took part in the landings at Weolmi-do Island, and Incheon proper. Note the Amphib patch on the single picture of him. In the second picture, he is on the right and is on the deck of the LST-857 (USS King County). Note the DUKW in the background. Most of what I've been able to learn of his service is through reading the ship's histories and books about the battles that might happen to mention his ships, and his records. Dad never talked much about individual things... mostly generalizing, like, I was at Okinawa, or I was at Incheon... When his home burned back in 2005, he stated to the newspapers he would rather live under a bridge than ask for help. He always helped those less fortunate than he... and never asked for anything in return. That's the kind of man he was. RIP Dad... Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dag Posted June 21, 2010 Share #34 Posted June 21, 2010 My dad, Coast Guard, late 1950's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted June 21, 2010 Share #35 Posted June 21, 2010 Dad in New Guinea, ca. 1943 b. 1922, d. 2010. Happy trails to you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themick Posted June 21, 2010 Share #36 Posted June 21, 2010 Here's my dad, George M. Sherlock, USMC 1936-1957. The first picture is about 1940 as a PFC, and the second is from the early 1950s, in which he is the Master Sergeant on the right. I miss you, dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted June 21, 2010 Share #37 Posted June 21, 2010 And not to forget my dad's father, shown here (in center wheel chair marked "X") at Ft. Riley, Kansas, ca. 1919, convalescing from wounds received at Meuse-Argonne in November 1918. He later lost most of his right leg to amputation, which is the way I best remember him (b. 1889, d. 1955). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Hate Moths Posted June 24, 2010 Share #38 Posted June 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custermen Posted June 24, 2010 Share #39 Posted June 24, 2010 One of the last photos taken while my dad was still in uniform and still in Italy. After 12 months of combat and 3 campaigns. S/Sgt "N.F." Cole, Battery B, 328 FA Btln, 85 Infantry Division Caption he wrote in his album: "I don't feel a bit well- just got to the Rest Center from the train ride from Naples. No dinner or breakfast. July 17, 1945" He returned to the US and was discharged from service and arrived home on August 30, 1945. Steve from www.custermen.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted June 26, 2010 Share #40 Posted June 26, 2010 This is my father aboard USS Constellation. He is in the chair. The Sailor with him is Dave Nelson, former BM2. This photo was taken in 2004 during a living history event. My father was infact an EM1 when he retired. This is the first photo of him I have tried scanning, will psot some others now that I am figuering out how it works. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted July 25, 2010 Share #41 Posted July 25, 2010 A little late, or early for next Father's Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted July 25, 2010 Share #42 Posted July 25, 2010 My GRANDfather Tech Sergeant Kenny Jones, Army Air Corps 1940-47 and regular Army 47 through 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misanthropic_Gods Posted July 25, 2010 Share #43 Posted July 25, 2010 Im a bit late too...but oh well..a head start for next yearMy grandfather (Whom recently passed away late last year), he tried to join the military at 15 and had to wait 2 years to join, but only 1 to join the New York State Guard, so he was part of the NYG for a year. This photo was taken at Camp Smith in 1944. He is in the back, right in the middle, 7th from the right. The Guy who is putting his arm around the other guys shoulder27 years before and 50 miles away, my Great-grandfather, who served with distinction in co B, 306inf, 77th Div posed in an almost identical picture. He is the person 6th from the right, with the wild hair and leaning on the baseball bat. (This image has been edited and touched up by myself, that's why it looks so clean and sharp)My Grandfather after he joined the Navy at 17 as a signalman, in 1945. He joined just in time for the end of the war, he wasnt even out of training by the time the war ended, but he did manage to make it over to Hawaii, then Japan as part of the Occupation forces.Goofing off at Signalmans school in Bainbridge, Maryland in October, 1945. They had every reason to be celebrating, the Japanese surrendered barely a month earlier. He is on the top left, standing at ease with the mop and showing off his leg hairBeing the "Hot" Signalman in Saesbo, Japan on the U.S.S. Hanson (DD-832) in June of 1946I was planning to talk to him about his service, but he went very quickly and unexpectedly. I have been trying to learn as much as I can and talk to my grandmother about the stories he used to tell (He always was a talker). I feel horrible about not asking him sooner, but I hope I can reclaim some of the things he didnt tell me by researching myself.RIP Grandaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
market garden Posted July 25, 2010 Share #44 Posted July 25, 2010 A little late. My father USAF 1951-1957. Ssgt. CFC 308th Bomber Gp. (B-29) He flew missions over the U.S. During the Korean war. He volunteerd to serve in Korea 4 times always from a hat his name not being taken from it. Most of the AC that went flew in B-26. most of them returned wounded. He is my hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robswashashore Posted July 25, 2010 Share #45 Posted July 25, 2010 Is it too late to add some World War II Greatest Generation Members? My Father, M/Sgt. William B. Gould, 8th Weather Squadron, Bluie West One Field, Greenland. And my late Father-in-law, Sgt. Robert B. Hooper, of the Fourth Mo. Sq. Troop D, Mass. State Guard (not drafted because he was a polio survivor, but volunteered anyway) And finally, a dear dear friend, the late T5 A. Curtis Dufield of the 7th Armored Division (my sister's father-in-law) Honor to all the dads posted on this great thread !!!! :salute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share #46 Posted July 25, 2010 I'm glad to see this thread still active. Honoring our fathers is a year round privilege. Keep them coming! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted July 27, 2010 Share #47 Posted July 27, 2010 Im a bit late too...but oh well..a head start for next yearMy grandfather (Whom recently passed away late last year), he tried to join the military at 15 and had to wait 2 years to join, but only 1 to join the New York State Guard, so he was part of the NYG for a year. This photo was taken at Camp Smith in 1944. He is in the back, right in the middle, 7th from the right. The Guy who is putting his arm around the other guys shoulder 27 years before and 50 miles away, my Great-grandfather, who served with distinction in co B, 306inf, 77th Div posed in an almost identical picture. He is the person 6th from the right, with the wild hair and leaning on the baseball bat. (This image has been edited and touched up by myself, that's why it looks so clean and sharp) My Grandfather after he joined the Navy at 17 as a signalman, in 1945. He joined just in time for the end of the war, he wasnt even out of training by the time the war ended, but he did manage to make it over to Hawaii, then Japan as part of the Occupation forces. Goofing off at Signalmans school in Bainbridge, Maryland in October, 1945. They had every reason to be celebrating, the Japanese surrendered barely a month earlier. He is on the top left, standing at ease with the mop and showing off his leg hair Being the "Hot" Signalman in Saesbo, Japan on the U.S.S. Hanson (DD-832) in June of 1946 I was planning to talk to him about his service, but he went very quickly and unexpectedly. I have been trying to learn as much as I can and talk to my grandmother about the stories he used to tell (He always was a talker). I feel horrible about not asking him sooner, but I hope I can reclaim some of the things he didnt tell me by researching myself. RIP Grandaddy Great shots of a fine young Signalman. In the photo of him using the search light, that is an actual action shot, not posed. He is properly holding the shutter handle and is sighting throught the sights. Posed shots don't usually show the light being properly used. I was in Sasebo in '65-67 when my dad was stationed there and then again I was stationed there (as a Signalman) from '82-'85. Great shots. Fair Winds and Following Seas Sigs. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavcon Posted January 1, 2013 Share #48 Posted January 1, 2013 Here is my dad when he was with the 17th Cavalry Sqd. (Mech), while stationed in Friedberg, Germany in 1946 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted January 1, 2013 Share #49 Posted January 1, 2013 My dad was drafted in February 1943, and sent to Camp McCain, MS where he was assigned to the 87th Infantry Division. He went thru 10 months of training as a Surgical Room Technician, and he was assigned to the 312th Med Bn. I love this picture of my dad marching troops. He learned how to do that in the CCC. He stood about 5 feet, 5 inches, and was one of the toughest little SOBs in the Division. He had very large hands and could hit like he had brass knockles in his gloves. He was the Division Boxing Champion as a Bantam Weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 1, 2013 Share #50 Posted January 1, 2013 Not my father but they were like fathers to my dad.His cousins Dick and Bob.2 of 6 relatives who served in the war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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