Sheri, Your Uncle entered the service on 15 Feb 1943 and was discharged on 10 Mar 1946 at the rank of Corporal. His first assignment, after basic training, was at the Army Air Force Motor Vehicle School, Chanute Field, IL. Although it doesn't show additional assignments, he obviously was assigned to either the European theater (Germany, Italy, etc), the African theater (Tunisia, Morocco, etc), and/or the Middle Eastern theater (normally would be Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon, etc) for which he received the European African Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon. Since he was discharged after the war was won, he received the Victory Ribbon. He received be Good Conduct Medal because he kept himself out of trouble with the "front office". I don't know about the Label Button. If I recall correctly, a serviceman serving overseas received an Overseas Bar (hash mark) for each six months served overseas. That indicates he spent about 2 years of his time overseas. George Patterson Lincoln, CA Researching: Patterson, Hitchcock, Green, Williams

Hi George and Sheri, I remember a lapel button my dad wore called the "ruptured duck" pin. I don't remember whether it was just for service or for being wounded in WW II. You can probably get a definitive answer on the sci.military.moderated newsgroup. WDA end ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Patterson Sr." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [MO] World War 2 -- ? for any soldier > Sheri, > > Your Uncle entered the service on 15 Feb 1943 and was discharged on 10 > Mar 1946 at the rank of Corporal. > > His first assignment, after basic training, was at the Army Air Force > Motor Vehicle School, Chanute Field, IL. Although it doesn't show > additional assignments, he obviously was assigned to either the European > theater (Germany, Italy, etc), the African theater (Tunisia, Morocco, > etc), and/or the Middle Eastern theater (normally would be Saudi Arabia, > Yemen, Lebanon, etc) for which he received the European African Middle > Eastern Theatre Ribbon. Since he was discharged after the war was won, > he received the Victory Ribbon. He received be Good Conduct Medal > because he kept himself out of trouble with the "front office". I don't > know about the Label Button. If I recall correctly, a serviceman serving > overseas received an Overseas Bar (hash mark) for each six months served > overseas. That indicates he spent about 2 years of his time overseas. > > George Patterson > Lincoln, CA > > Researching: Patterson, Hitchcock, Green, Williams > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/mo.htm for all > the available MO county lists. > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >