George, you think 1970 a long time ago. What about 1954? That's when my husband finished. He was in Lackland Wichita Falls, Tx and at Shepards and Scott in Il. and Eglin, Florida and 2 years in Alaska, Barter Island. Now that is a long time ago. He was in the 140? Sqdn.? in radio. Not in W.W.II, later. Donna Black Roberts in CA George Ude wrote: > Norma et al, > > Gosh! This could drag on. As I e-mailed Sheri and which didn't get in the > list, the 1403 AAFBU was the 1403rd AAF Base Unit. The AAF stands for > ":Army Air Force", the predecessor of today's USAF. The AAF basic training > base that I was sent to and the only one I ever heard of was Shepherd Field, > Texas. Chanute was an advanced training base and I don't recall what > technical schools were located there but one must have been motor vehicle > management/maintenance. Another, I believe, was connected with radio ion. > ATC was the Air Transport Command. After WW2 and possible not until the > Korean thing, Air Transport Command -ATC became Military Air Transport > Service-MATS and the Air Training Command took over the ATC acronym. MATS > in the 1950s became MAC for Military Airlift Command. I don't know what the > current acronyms are as I retired from USAF in 1970. Gad! What a long time > ago. > > Cheers, > > George Ude > Major, USAF Retired. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 3:20 PM > Subject: Re: [MO] World War 2 -- ? for any soldier > > > Sheri > > > > I spoke with my 82 year old father.. he was a pilot in WWII and his memory > > isn't too perfect, but he told me that he thinks the 1403 might have been > the > > designation for Chanute Field... AAF stood for Army Air Field (the corps > was > > called Army Air CORP back then and wasn't the Air Force till 1947). > > > > He said Chanute was a big Basic Training facility and Classification point > > for Army GI's and also a field where the Motor Pool school and Crew Chief > > School was located. He believes the ATC stood for Army Training Command > or > > Army Training Course. > > > > You have the proper explanation for the ribbons and the sleeve bars (one > bar > > per tour). > > > > The little "ruptured duck" lapel pin was issued to all returning Vets. It > > signified they had served and were honorably discharged. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Norma McGarrey > > > > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > > Visit http://www.usgenweb.org > > The USGenWeb Project-Archives-Census-Tombstone > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > Need to find the county for a town? Yale Peabody Museum GNIS site: > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!