As we understood, we thought this thread was initiated to celebrate
achievements by members family and friends!
Carl you appear to have a lot of relations,
are these photos of some of them??
Well, Ethan, do you suppose we should just change the thread name to War Medals, Acknowledgements, and Pictures? Carl sure has some great stuff here, and no one else seems to be posting theirs or their relatives although I am sure there must be a lot out there. KEITH
For the first post: If you still had her .45? I would see if I could buy it from you? That pistol is my all time favorite ever--even over Walthers and Lugers ;-))
On the 2nd post:
Soon as I cna afford to? ill mail it off to you. Its heavy and when I bought it over 12 years ago in Heidelberg, Germany--they then went for $135.00 and I dont know what its worth now but worth probably twice that. Anyway, it needs a new and betetr home to reside in.
Well, Carl, my friend.....you have me confused. What post are you talking about mailing me something that once cost $135? You nuts? LOL. Please let me know what you mean. Would LOVE to still have my Mom's and Grandpa's Colt .45s. But, sadly, they were stolen by a friend of my Bothers who was in the service and went AWOL....he was doing Cocaine at the time. He came to visit us, (he was a long time friend of the family, and we thought he was on furlough). Next day, we awoke, Kenny was gone, and there were men stationed outside of every window and door to our house. Mom was furious and told the FBI agent who knocked on our door that she was. She said it was a minor infraction and he had no reason to use that kind of force on a family such as ours. She also corrected him on his posture, LOL, but...that was my Mom! They tried to help us get back our guns when we realized they were missing. The one agent personally sent reps around to all the pawn shops and known shady gun dealers. We never even got close to them. Sad thing for the whole family as my Grandpa actually USED his in fighting in WWII. LOL, Mom really won that young agent over. He kept in contact with us for a few years.
So, what are you talking about Carl? Remember [email protected], PLEASE. HAGO Young Man, KEITH
You must be mighty proud, having several members of the family serve this great country, Keith. I can certainly see the family resemblance. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Mark
FORGOT Mark, did you see the 4 planes on the page before? They were Dad's "medals" since he couldn't get into the service......he was born deaf. But, as soon as he graduated from Clemson with an architect's degree, he was hired at Curtis Wright to help develop planes for WWII. The four shown are ones that he had some part of developing.........hope his parts weren't the ones that caused them trouble, LOL. My Grandpa, the Colonel, was very proud of him for finding a way to contribute to the war effort. KEITH
You must be mighty proud, having several members of the family serve this great country, Keith. I can certainly see the family resemblance. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Mark
Thanks Mark, Still trying to get my cousin Cecil to send me his stuff. He graduated Cadet Colonel of The Citadel, was Tac Officer at West point, was in the Korean and Viet Nam Wars, and retired as a General. Also, he won the fist General Douglas MacArthur award ever given. He was a bit of a rogue though. He got shot down in his Hueys with his troops behind enemy lines in Nam instead of "flying his desk" as he was supposed to be doing. I imagine, if he hadn't been aide to so many higher ranking Generals in earlier years, he would have been court martialed for that, LOL! Luckily he and crews were extracted before enemies got hold of them. Since he was privy to classified info, might have been a pretty bad scene if they hadn't. Hate to say it, but Cecil should have been left with his men......he flourished on that. Being one of the upper echelon was just not his style. Now that he is out though, he doesn't mind the general's retirement benefits at all. KEITH
Ill try to get motivated and get more stuff on CD then send to Keith for posting in photo bucket for me--after I bribe her with somehting. :lol::lol::lol:
Oh and thank you Keith for merging threads. Helps bunches and I agree-folks-post the stuff you have.
You don't have to bribe me with anything Carl, you silly. I still have two sketches I need to send you. Wouldn't have to anyway, KIDDO! KEITH
LOL, thanks Carl. Mom never really had a lack of boyfriends from High School on until she met Dad. KP She did carry the standard Colt.45 semiauto though as she was responsible for payroll for her Waves.
She is very pretty and ill bet she had to be constantly on guard to keep the "Sea Wolves" away ;-))
As both Hawkswills and Carl's threads are
both about family honours,
I have now merged them together.
Any other members are also
free to post any honours received by their kin.
We are proud of them all
Thanks EK.......KEITH Still have my cousin, the General's to post here.
Grandpa in WWI. Captain overseas. Still looking to see if I can find if he was in the same area as SGT. York as I remember his talking about him more than once. KEITH
Grandpa in WWII. He was in charge of coordinating publicity shots and films to encourage support for the Army in Hollywood, CA
Anybody know what insignia means? Looks as if he was still a CPT. here left over from WWI. We was a Colonel when in Hollywood.
He mentioned quite a few times, SGT. York........just can't remember the details. Trying to find out if he and York were in the same units anywhere.
Mom leading her troops in the Navy Waves, The Bronx, NY, WWII KEITH
The insignia on Mom's sleeves.
Picture of Mom in the Navy Waves Uniform during WWII while serving in the Bronx, NY
Display MoreHi Keith, ill try to get to start scanning but will be at least a week before I can tyr. This coming week ive got drs appts and meetings and such but maybe the week after? I also have so much too. Ill keep in touch with you on what I cna get scanned or on CD and let you know. I dont mind trying to learn but--my computer messes up easily and it would be easire for me to just get them on CD-then mail it to you. I tried a photo bucket? account once--but it never worked so I gave up.
In all--im not sure how many awards I have--probably 50 or so?? most German. The good thing is--is that I have 12 Bronze and Silver Infantry Assault badges--and can only take a pix of one of each if wished? some fo these come with stories though since I got them directly from the Soldiers they were awarded to. Some also come with award documents with unit info, dates and also signatures of commanding officers and such.
Anyway, please let me know how you wish me to proceed? I have loads of stuff--but most will have a swaz on them because they were issued during the war years. The 1957 and the Imperial stuff--will have no swazes on them being from different periods of time.
Oh and, if interested? I also have a decent collection of Officer rank cloth. Only two of these have a form of a swaz or a swaz on them--which are my two collar tabs from the 11th SS Division "Nordland" and the 27th SS Division--which was actually only Brigade in strength) which has a trifos and they were called: SS Sturmbrigade Langemarck. I was good friends for years with that units only Knights Cross Recipient-by the name of Remy Schrijnen.
Hi RK, I answered this....don't know where it went. Happened to me twice yesterday. Anyway, I will answer it better later. If you have any scanned already, send them on with their stories and papers. Hope you aren't really sick! More later, Keith
Oh my goodness, you will be GREAT for our new thread. Sure, scan them, and put who got them and what they are for. I will teach you to post them. very easy and provides a storage space for the pics for you for free.
We can go to the chat room.....don't think anyone every uses it, and I can walk you through posting anything. It is SO much fun seeing your stuff up there. I think you will love it.
And, if for some reason you don't want to learn, you can send them to me via email [email protected] with the explanation and I will post them as say they are from you. But, I think you will LOVE photobucket once you see how it works. MUCH easier than trying to post from your albums on JWMB.
If you have any scanned and saved, send them to me with the explanation and I will post them. Thanks RK. You will really make the thread a PLUS!
Keith
Hi BJA, I answered you this morning,,,,,,,don't know where it went. But, thanks for sharing your Dad's medal. Most interesting to see one for something that happened in the states. And you presented and explained it nicely for us. Thanks again, Keith
Thanks RK, I was hoping maybe you might have medals or something you could put together and explain what they were given for? Maybe explain why certain soldiers got a parade review for something heroic, and others got medals. Can't find my grandfather's war stuff, but have it somewhere, LOL. Well, thanks if you can post anything. The Curtiss bomber had its problems, but apparently the Navy really did a number with them from aircraft carriers.
Keith
Forgot the Army version of the Dive Bomber. The Navy used them on carriers so the wings had to fold. Most of the Army's were not used for that. One of the Four planes that Dad worked on for Curtiss Wright. As soon as the war was over, he moved to Atlanta and joined a large architectural firm that designed some of the largest and "first of their kind" buildings in the USl Dad was the Specifications manager. Pretty great for someone who never heard a thing until he graduated from Clemson University and got his first hearing aid! Proud, yep, always will be!
Curtiss A-25 Attack Bomber
Dad's fourth Medal. This is a trainer developed to take Pilots from single engine light planes to heavier dual engine planes. I think there are only two of them left in the world.
This little two seater had problems also, but The Helldivers would participate in battles over the Marianas, Philippines (partly responsible for sinking the Musashi), Taiwan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa (in the sinking of the Yamato). They were also used in the 1945 attacks on the Ryuku Islands and the Japanese home island of Honshū in tactical attacks on airfields, communications, and shipping. They were also used extensively in patrols during the period between the dropping of the atomic bombs and the official Japanese surrender, and in the immediate pre-occupation period.
(Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver) Dad's 2nd War Medal.
This is a transport troop carrier. Seems as if all airplanes had problems, but this one, although a nightmare to keep running, must have done its job well, because the C-46 Commandos continue in operation as a rugged cargo transport for Arctic and remote locations into the 21st century. I don't know what parts of any of the planes my father was responsible for, but as an architect, I would assume they were structural.
So, this is one of Dad's "Medals"!
