Military Brats?

Mike Marron wrote in message
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Just curious if any other folks out there whose father and/or mother
served in the military would like to introduce themselves? Tnx!

My dad was enlisted Army mid 1960s. He worked with a Sergeant missile
system at Vicenza, Italy. That's where I was born.

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Scott
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"Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded
reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htm

Dad - USN WWI Fireman 3/c ships company enroute to Europe when influenza
decimated more than half the crew and troops. Spent rest of WWI driving
ambulance in NYC!

Dad - Also USN WWII Fireman 3/c "old fart gunfodder" as they were
called, enroute as supercargo on a tanker for North African invasion;
rammed troopship off Bermuda, both ships limped into Bermuda and missed
the invasion! Spent rest of WWII riding motorcycle and driving jeep
courier missions out of Casablanca.

Uncle - WWII USA Lt. in charge of "colored" troops at Hickam Field on
December 7, 1941. Retired as Colonel.

Uncle - WWII USN (actually enlisted in 1937) AMMC-1 on PBY Catalina
discovering Japanese troops on the Aleutian Islands. Retired as
Commander.

Cousin - (son of above) USN - Cold War. Retired as Captain.

Me - USN AT/AQ/PT1 in Heavy Attack (VC-8/VAH-1) Norfolk, Patuxent River,
Port Lyautey, Sanford, USS Coral Sea, USS Forrestal with AJ-1/2 Savages,
P2V-3C/3B Neptunes (with tailhooks), A3D-1/2 Skywarriors (with tail
turrets) - 1953 to 1958. In Air Intelligence, Targeting, Mission
Planning, Sigint, Elint (FAITCLANT/VQ-2) Norfolk, Rota with A3D-1/2Q
Skywarriors and WV-2Q Connies - 1958 to 1963.

My Heavy Attack and VQ-1/2 links below.

Chuck Huber, St. Augustine FL



HEAVY ATTACK COMPOSITE (VC-5,6,7,8,9) WEBSITE
http://community.webtv.net/charles379/USNComposite

FAIRECONRON ONE AND TWO (VQ-1/2) CASUALTIES
http://www.anzwers.org/free/navyscpo...r_AirCrew.html

Chuck:

Dad - USN WWI Fireman 3/c ships company enroute to Europe when
influenza decimated more than half the crew and troops. Spent rest of
WWI driving ambulance in NYC!

Dad - Also USN WWII Fireman 3/c "old fart gunfodder" as they were
called, enroute as supercargo on a tanker for North African invasion;
rammed troopship off Bermuda, both ships limped into Bermuda and
missed the invasion! Spent rest of WWII riding motorcycle and driving
jeep courier missions out of Casablanca.

Uncle - WWII USA Lt. in charge of "colored" troops at Hickam Field on
December 7, 1941. Retired as Colonel.

Uncle - WWII USN (actually enlisted in 1937) AMMC-1 on PBY Catalina
discovering Japanese troops on the Aleutian Islands. Retired as
Commander.

Cousin - (son of above) USN - Cold War. Retired as Captain.

Me - USN AT/AQ/PT1 in Heavy Attack (VC-8/VAH-1) Norfolk, Patuxent
River, Port Lyautey, Sanford, USS Coral Sea, USS Forrestal with AJ-1/2
Savages, P2V-3C/3B Neptunes (with tailhooks), A3D-1/2 Skywarriors
(with tail turrets) - 1953 to 1958. In Air Intelligence, Targeting,
Mission Planning, Sigint, Elint (FAITCLANT/VQ-2) Norfolk, Rota with
A3D-1/2Q Skywarriors and WV-2Q Connies - 1958 to 1963.

My Heavy Attack and VQ-1/2 links below.

Chuck Huber, St. Augustine FL

HEAVY ATTACK COMPOSITE (VC-5,6,7,8,9) WEBSITE
http://community.webtv.net/charles379/USNComposite

FAIRECONRON ONE AND TWO (VQ-1/2) CASUALTIES
http://www.anzwers.org/free/navyscpo...r_AirCrew.html


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Mike Marron:

Clearwater, FL

RAM Affiliation:
Dad, USAF Fighter Pilot (1953?-1973) T-34, T-28,
T-33, F-86D, F-102, F-101, A-1

Just curious if any other folks out there whose father and/or mother
served in the military would like to introduce themselves? Tnx!

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Leadfoot:

Father was NCO (E-7) in SAC went from B-47 Electrician to Atlas
combat crew to NCOIC of Minuteman missile loader erector and
RV Van (note: RV is not a recreational vehicle but re-entry vehicle)
for the entire missile wing

Born at Whiteman AFB, UK Base unknown, Offut, Grand Forks,
Vandenberg, Back to Whiteman where my dad retired and we
went back to Lompoc CA next to Vandenberg

when I was in the USAF I was stationed at Williams AFB AZ

76-81 Ground radio repairman, may have ****ed you off at an RSU
taking your radios down for a PMI. You guys really didn't mind losing
one radio at a time but you did mind losing the flare guns on Rumdum
since whoever designed it didn't think someone "might" want to work on
the radios without risking his head being blown off. Mojack had the
same problem but used all arc-27's which made it FMS's problem until
they switched to GRC-171 after you left. Gasser had the radio cabinets
built away from the flare guns And the Powers that be didn't want us
to do it at night when you guys were closed due to manning.

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Red Rider:

On my fathers side of the family, my great grandfather was volunteer
during the Spanish-American War. (No he wasn't a rough rider). My
grandfather entered the Navy in 1917 and saw sea duty in in the
Atlantic with convoy escorts. He was a machinist. In 1925 he completed
flight training and became a NAP. He was given a temporary
commissioned in 1942 and retired in 1947. He came back on active duty
(non-flying) as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer in 1950 and retired
again in 1954, he passed away in 1955. My father was
commissioned thru one of the "V" programs in 1942, He was already
a qualified pilot with the Va State Troopers, and went to Pensacola 90
days (when commissioned) after entering the Navy for flight training.
He flew combat in the Pacific, in 44 & 45. He flew one combat tour
during Korea. He passed away in 1961 still on active duty, and flying.
I joined the USMCR in Oct 1957, and was discharged at 2359 on Dec 31
1959, and entered NAVCAD at 0001 Jan 1 1960 at Pensacola. One of my
sons was a Naval Aviator with the Marines, the other son and my
daughter were pilots in the Air Force. I married an Admirals daughter,
and my daughter married a Marine Capt. I also had one Uncle that
retired as a Vice Admiral (promoted at retirement because of heroism
award form WWII). Another Uncle was an Army Chaplin WWII and
Korea. Also there were too many cousins in the service to count as the
draft was still in full force then.

On my mothers side there were numerous ancestors that fought in the
War between the States. There were eight family members from Franklin
County Va that rode with Early. Two great Uncles served in WWI, two
uncles served in WWII, and a several of cousins served in Korea, and
Vietnam, I have two nephews serving in the National Guard on active
duty today.

I stayed in the Navy until 1973 when I was medically retired due to
being run over by an Air Force BUS that was in a hurry to get to the
Chow Hall! During my Navy time I flew F-8/RF-8's, and RA5-C's. I made
three cruise's to Vietnam, and served one 13 month ground tour in I
Corps & IV Corps with ANGLICO. After the Navy I spent 20 years with
DOD in PA&E and DARPA retiring in 1994.

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Jim Battista:

Dad: Nav in RF-4 196x--1969 killed in training accident
EmergencyInterimDad2: F-4 jock
Dad3: F-4 jock 196x--1979 or so, then in training stuff

Spangdahlem, Zweibrucken, Homestead, Luke, Hahn, Ramstein, MacDill,
all before age 12.

Me: vision of about 20/600, so never even tried to get in

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Stephen Harding:

I'm an Air Force brat.

Dad was last a C-124 pilot out of Tachikawa. Retired Lt/Col in 1965.

Stationed (w/ me) Westover, MA; Dover, DE.; W Palm Beach, FL; Midwest
City, OK.; and Tachikawa, Japan.

Also stationed lots of places for shorter duration where we weren't
allowed to come along.

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Mortimer Schnerd, RN:

It's a small world. My father served in the AAC from 1944-46 and then
was recalled for Korea. After that, he stayed in until 1968 when he
retired a LTC. My older brother and I were both born at Tachikawa.

Dad flew C-47s in Italy (WWII), C-46s in Korea, and then left troop
carriers to fly for Air Rescue: SA-16s, C-121s, C-54s. There was
also a stint as a ROTC instructor with access to a C-45.

Bases that I lived on include Tachikawa, Maxwell, Mitchell, Otis,
Lajes and Andrews. Lajes was the best of the bunch.

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CC:

Dad....P-51 swpa, F-80 Misawa, F-84&F-86D Youngstown, sac....March,
Minot we were at Itami Japan, Pepperrel Nfld, Minot ND, March CA and
others

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Pete:

Tuskegee Airman brat. (USAAC)
Dad and uncle
Dad was in training on B-25's when the war ended, uncle was in P-51's
for several years after.

I retired in '97

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Bob Martin:

Peachtree City, GA

Dad: Navy, gunnery officer on USS manley (DD 940) (1980-1983?) and
E-2 pilot ( 1984-1990)

Meridian, MS (born), then Virginia Beach 3 months later.

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Scott:

My dad was enlisted Army mid 1960s. He worked with a Sergeant missile
system at Vicenza, Italy. That's where I was born.

Mike Marron wrote in message . ..
To "re-introduce" myself real quick:

Name:
Mike Marron

Town:
Clearwater, FL

RAM Affiliation:
Dad, USAF Fighter Pilot (1953?-1973) T-34, T-28,
T-33, F-86D, F-102, F-101, A-1

Just curious if any other folks out there whose father and/or mother
served in the military would like to introduce themselves? Tnx!

And another . . .

Grandfather enlisted at age 23 in a volunteer regiment for the Spanish
American War. Switched to the regulars after service in Cuba & went
to the Philippines with the 22nd Infantry. Was commissioned 2LT in
1901 and transferred to the 21st Infantry, also in the Philippines.
Stayed in the Army, was division signal officer for the 5th Div in
WWI. Commanded the 13th Infantry in the late 20's. Retired as a
Colonel in 1935. Had four sons all of whom went in the service.
Oldest went Army and retired as a MGen. Next was my father, went
Navy, more below. Next was in ROTC when commissioned in 1940,
commanded a battalion in the 13th Infantry in ETO, retired as a
Colonel. Youngest was USMA ‘42, killed in action in January 1945, a
Lieutenant Colonel, USAAF, commanding a P-47 squadron.
My father earned his wings in November 1940. Flew off Yorktown at
Coral Sea (VF-42) and Midway (VF-3-42), operated out of Guadalcanal in
the Solomon's campaign in the spring & summer of 1943 (VF-11). TF-38
staff (operations) in 44 and 45. After the war to TacTest, then CO of
first jet squadron to carrier qualify (VF-171). CAG 17, XO VX-3, CO
VX-5, XO Bon Homme Richard, CO Salomonie, CO Ranger, ComCarDiv14, and
CO USNSC. Lots of staff jobs in between. Retired in 1971, RAdm.
Aircraft: N3N-1, NJ-2, SNJ-3, O3U-2, SU-2/3, SBC-5, F4B-4, F3F-1,
SBU-1, F4F-3, F4F-4, P-40C, F6F-3, SBD-3, FM-1, FM-2, F4U-1A, F3A-1,
TBF-1, SBD-5, F6F-5, XFR-1, A6M2, A6M5, F4U-1C, F4U-4, JRB-4, F7F-2N,
FR-1, SOC-1, SC-1, F8F-1, XF2G-1, F2G-2, P-59B, F7F-3N, XF7F-2, P-51C,
SB2C-4, Mosquito (B35), P-80, SB2C-5, XF8B-1, XF15C-1, XBT2D-1,
FD-1/FH-1, AM-1, FJ-1, AD-2, F2H-1, F9F-2, F4U-5N, AD-3Q, F2H-2,
AD-4Q, F8F-2, F4U-5, F9F-5, F-86, F9F-6, TV-2, F2H-3, F2H-4, F3D-2,
F7U-3, F7U-3, F9F-7, F9F-8, AD-6, FJ-3, F3H-2N, F8U-1, T-28B, T2V,
F9F-8T, AD-5N, TF-1, C1A, S2E, T-39, F-4D.

Regards

Rich

Mike Marron wrote

Just curious if any other folks out there whose father and/or mother
served in the military would like to introduce themselves? Tnx!

Mother (French), refuge, German invasion of Alsace-Lorraine, refuge, American
invasion of Alsace-Lorraine. One French uncle dead in German camp, another
dead in China, one survived German camp. American uncle survived Pearl Harbor,
but was a manic-depressive for the remainder of his life after having cleaned up all the
bodies.

Mother met my father during the battle of Metz, where he was an enlisted crew-dog
on B-25 TAC Air. (interesting tid-bit, he was shot down and parachuted into
friendly forces, and got a 6 day R&R where he met my mother). Married in 1945
and stationed in Bad Kissingen, Germany until 1947 where he went Civil Service at
the fields Base Ops when his enlistment was over. Returned to the US in 1947
when Civil Service position was deleted. Served continuously from 1939 - 1945
(SSgt). Died of severe alcoholism, and drug addiction at age 64. Mother died after
years of fighting anorexia nervosa at age 65 (which was also her weight).

P.S. They didn't know how insane they were... Hell, after seeing Dick Cheney,
you would call them normal.