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    Show us your Militaria

    I wonder if the CBI patch could have been made in theater, which might explain its crude nature. Obviously the ribbon bar is post-war, since it has the Occupation Service Medal ribbon on it. Perhaps the veteran changed out the ribbon rack to show his authorized Victory Medal and Occupation...
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    Show us your Militaria

    He could have been a radio operator/gunner on a bomber as well, which would explain the aircrew wings. Here are some anecdotal discussions on another forum with people's experiences in having gone through radio school and gottne picked up for gunner training in order to perform in-flight...
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    Show us your Militaria

    Sir, One minor correction. The laurel wreath is the Meritorious Unit Citation, not the Distinguished. The Distinguished Unit Citation, which later was renamed the Presidential Unit Citation, has always been a blue ribbon surrounded by a gold border. Here's a link to the Army's Institute of...
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    Show us your Militaria

    That would make sense. AF personnel assigned to Army Airborne outfits would have to get jump qualified. I thought it could be that, or he had started off as a Paratrooper in the Army and later transferred to the AF and learned to fly airplanes.
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    Show us your Militaria

    Do you have information on Colonel Redeen's career? I am interested to see how an Air Force officer was able to become jump qualified.
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    The 1940's Air Terminal Museum (Houston, Texas)

    That would be neat to see. I shall have to add it to my possible itinerary of places to visit should I ever make it down to Houston.
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    Farmers Restore a Lancaster.

    Wow! What a great memorial to their brother. I do hope the museum and the flying are able to carry on successfully.
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    Vhs Tapes

    And the price was certainly right!
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    AVG P-40 to be raised from lake in China.....

    I do hope they are eventually successful in raising the plane. It is a shame that we are scrambling about hunting wrecks in the farthest reaches of nowhere when so many planes were turned into scrap at the end of the war.
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    Memorial for 28th Inf Div in Wales bid launched

    A worthy endeavor! Best of luck on your project.
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    New Years resolutions. ANY ?

    I've given up on making New Year's resolutions, because they so rarely last for me. Instead, I have tried to set and accomplish goals throughout the year.
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    Good Riddance 2012 Nice to Meet You 2013

    Here's to a better year for all!
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    1940s/1950s World War II History or Encyclopedia set?

    I would concur with VC Brunswick in that they could be the VFW sets. They published, in blue or red cover, pictorial histories of WWII in a 4-volume and a 2 volume set, and the Korean War. If I recall rightly, the VFW also published a general American history series. Perhaps one of the...
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    What Are You Reading

    I have started reading Dreadnought, by Robert K Massie. It is certainly interesting to think of what would have happened had the naval arms race (among many other issues, of course) not helped lead to WWI.
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    Vhs Tapes

    I have been meaning to do this as well. I bought an adapter and computer program that allows data transfer, but somehow have not found the motivation to tackle the stack of tapes. Unfortunately, I have instead been acquiring more history VHS tapes from used book stores and flea markets.
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    The Battle of the Bulge.

    Sounds like this brought back good memories for you! I discovered the Big Picture series when it was shown on on Armed Forces Television Network while on a deployment to the Mideast a few years back. Perhaps not such a pleasant reminiscence as you had :), but I did enjoy the show nonetheless.
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    The Battle of the Bulge.

    Might I recommend another movie review of that battle? Here is the Army's Big Picture series called Battle of the Bulge: http://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30112 Nemo
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    The Battle for Normandy = Short Movie 45 mins

    I have found some good videos on a lot of different topics at archive.org Here's one produced by the Army's Big Picture series called Breakout and Pursuit, which details the breakout from the invasion beaches through the Normandy hedgerows. Hopefully my pasting the link will work as it has...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Greetings. I am glad to see there is a new person thread here; I should feel rather uneasy at jumping right into a topic as my introductory post! I live in Texas and have been a lurker here for a while; I have enjoyed reading the postings and hope someday to be a productively posting member of...
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