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My uncle enlisted in the Army Air Corps 1942 and completed Navigation School at Hondo, TX. He served in India with the 58th Bomb Wing attached to the 44th Bombardment Group. He was discharged from the USAF in 1945 as a Captain. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Asia Pacific Service Medal and the Distinguished Unit Badge.

Did your dad pass on any short snorters to you? My cousin passed on his dad's short snorters with pride to his three sons, all of whom served in the US Military.

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Ooops...make that the 444th Bombardment Group ...

[Northern Yankee]

My dad didn't pass those ahort snorters to us.

He did give us different things from his time in the Air Corps. Funny story... My dad had given my oldest brother, Art, his service .45. The firing pin had broken, but my brother was able to get a replacement. We took the .45 with some of dad's old ammunition to try out the weapon. Art put the ammunition into the clip and he took shots at rats at the local dump. The ammunition turned out to be tracer bullets. We don't know who was more surprised, us or the rats.

I still have dad's uniforms, both tropical and the green wool. Even an Eisenhower jacket.