You’re right - he is smart.
The Eighth Air Force was the official designation a unit of the Army Air Forces, which were a unit of the US Army.
Thanks. My uncles grave in Simsbury, CT says Army Air Forces and below that TSGT. He could have been buried anywhere as he had been head of marketing for Stanley Works for 20 years and then President of Judd Drapery. He was proudest of his service.