PowderRiverCowboy Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 This should be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 P-38 can opener Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Something flag related, maybe a fridge magnet, or a flag outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Item #4 is missing or is it just hidden? Richard, I’ll say a very well maintained, reliable, accurate rifle of the vintage for which he (or she) served. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 At least one thing with the branch the veteran served in displayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Letters saved from loved ones while deployed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 A bayonet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 I am not a veteran, but my father served in the Army. The only thing I can think of is.... A split thumbnail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 A Bible. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 It's hard to paint with a broad brush. Almost all the male friends of my parents were veterans of WWII or Korea. Some had memorabilia displayed. Some had it, but didn't display it. Some, other than discharge papers and maybe dog tags, had nothing to remind them. Not all had guns, some were pacifists who didn't see a need for citizens to own guns. A few joined in the anti-war protests of the late '60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 DD 214 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 27 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: It's hard to paint with a broad brush. Almost all the male friends of my parents were veterans of WWII or Korea. Some had memorabilia displayed. Some had it, but didn't display it. Some, other than discharge papers and maybe dog tags, had nothing to remind them. Not all had guns, some were pacifists who didn't see a need for citizens to own guns. A few joined in the anti-war protests of the late '60s. Daddy did 20 years in the Navy. Enlisted before World War II, got out after Korea. Pretty dang sure he would be qualified as a veteran. Didn't have a p38. I never heard of a p38 till I was in my late teens. Didn't have anything flag related. Didn't have a rifle. He had his uniforms. He had a large framed certificate from when he became a polar bear (never went South far enough to be a shellback). Had a Zippo from every ship he was ever on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 2 hours ago, Pat Riot said: Item #4 is missing or is it just hidden? Richard, I’ll say a very well maintained, reliable, accurate rifle of the vintage for which he (or she) served. Just Hidden Sir I saw the same thing 2 hours ago, DocWard said: At least one thing with the branch the veteran served in displayed. Well that is 2 branches for me . 45 minutes ago, Alpo said: Daddy did 20 years in the Navy. Enlisted before World War II, got out after Korea. Pretty dang sure he would be qualified as a veteran. Didn't have a p38. I never heard of a p38 till I was in my late teens. Didn't have anything flag related. Didn't have a rifle. He had his uniforms. He had a large framed certificate from when he became a polar bear (never went South far enough to be a shellback). Had a Zippo from every ship he was ever on. Besides the Flag outside (which Heavy red state so not uncommon) There is Zero in my house out in visible areas that would give any clue to that I spent 17 years active duty . Now go into the Pelican cases that I have 4 of each packed per region of deployment . Ammo room well stocked , Night Vision and well gun safes with various types . but open to public eye zero . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Don't have beer (no alcoholic beverages any more) or a bayonet (even though I was a bayonet instructor for a while.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 3 hours ago, Alpo said: Daddy did 20 years in the Navy. Enlisted before World War II, got out after Korea. Pretty dang sure he would be qualified as a veteran. Didn't have a p38. I never heard of a p38 till I was in my late teens. Didn't have anything flag related. Didn't have a rifle. He had his uniforms. He had a large framed certificate from when he became a polar bear (never went South far enough to be a shellback). Had a Zippo from every ship he was ever on. P38 was for c-rations. I don’t expect that the navy used crats. Did they? As for a rifle, many navy never had small arms training. The navy tried to correct that after the Cole disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 My dad's DD214. Certificate from President Ronald Reagan honoring the memory of my dad for his service in the armed forces of the United States. Picture of my Ft. Leonard Wood basic training platoon. US Army signs & plaques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 11 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: P38 was for c-rations. I don’t expect that the navy used crats. Did they? As for a rifle, many navy never had small arms training. The navy tried to correct that after the Cole disaster. I would expect that the crew members of riverine patrol boats ate C-rats when cruising the rivers of the RVN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 And then you have Bob's house.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP McLintock Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 1911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Picture in uniform with Mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Dog tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Or vice versa. I have a shaving kit full of my dad's letters he wrote to his mother in WWII from the South Pacific. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 1 hour ago, Texas Joker said: Dog tags I had my dad's dog tags with the old rotten rubber silencers from WWII. I gave them to my sister with the flag that covered his casket when he passed. She has since passed too, not sure where they wound up, but they belong to her family now. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caprock Kid Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Memories. More memories of than you could ever imagine - some good, some not so good - but they are with us always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Tow2B rocket motor (fired) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I would guess a "MAGA" cap ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 A strong sense of self and no tolerance for BS. And a flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 A decal on a car window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Their Dress Uniform, hanging in the closet. (Daddy had his Army, and Shanley has his Dress Blues) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 7/14/2023 at 4:06 PM, Widder, SASS #59054 said: A Bible. ..........Widder Uhmmm... There might be one here? If I look hard enough, maybe. On 7/14/2023 at 4:22 PM, Creeker, SASS #43022 said: DD 214 You would be astonished at the number of veterans who come to my office who don't have their DD 214, and don't remember where they last put it. It often makes my job much, much harder, and can mean a serious delay in getting them benefits. On 7/14/2023 at 5:45 PM, PowderRiverCowboy said: Well that is 2 branches for me . There is Zero in my house out in visible areas that would give any clue to that I spent 17 years active duty . I should have been more clear in my original post. Not necessarily an item displayed with the branch of service on it. But items within the home somewhere, that have the branch mentioned on it. On 7/16/2023 at 12:23 PM, Singin' Sue 71615 said: Their Dress Uniform, hanging in the closet. (Daddy had his Army, and Shanley has his Dress Blues) I don't have my old Army Green Class A uniform. I never liked the uniform, so didn't keep it. If I had retired about three months later than I did, I would have been issued the Army Service Uniform, which was moderately better, other than the fact that it seemed designed by committee. I definitely like the now (old?) Army Green Service Uniform that harkens back to the dress uniforms of WWII. I do have a few pairs of BDUs, as well as ACUs, and somewhere an old "Chocolate Chip" Desert BDU I was issued during Desert Shield. Oh, and I almost forgot the obvious answer. A VA Decision Letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 I occasionally saw a picture of my dad in his USAAC uniform. He had his wing insignia in a top middle drawer in his chest of drawers where he kept his cigarettes. I never saw anything to indicate his USAF service except his dress uniform hat in the top of his closet. He didn’t talk much about his combat experience. I didn’t ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/18/2023 at 4:06 PM, DocWard said: Uhmmm... There might be one here? If I look hard enough, maybe. You would be astonished at the number of veterans who come to my office who don't have their DD 214, and don't remember where they last put it. It often makes my job much, much harder, and can mean a serious delay in getting them benefits. I should have been more clear in my original post. Not necessarily an item displayed with the branch of service on it. But items within the home somewhere, that have the branch mentioned on it. I don't have my old Army Green Class A uniform. I never liked the uniform, so didn't keep it. If I had retired about three months later than I did, I would have been issued the Army Service Uniform, which was moderately better, other than the fact that it seemed designed by committee. I definitely like the now (old?) Army Green Service Uniform that harkens back to the dress uniforms of WWII. I do have a few pairs of BDUs, as well as ACUs, and somewhere an old "Chocolate Chip" Desert BDU I was issued during Desert Shield. Oh, and I almost forgot the obvious answer. A VA Decision Letter. Dad's was Korean era Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/14/2023 at 1:22 PM, Creeker, SASS #43022 said: DD 214 I carry a copy in my wallet. And my dog tags on my key chain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 For my Dad, WW II vet - stripper or enbloc clips for .30-06. Even without the rifle they fed. A strong desire to be called something not commonly encountered in service - Mister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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