Yes it was! Aloha Wayne, NH6K -----Original Message----- From: Mary Bull [mailto:mrbull@premiernet.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:48 AM To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Military History WW11 Hello Wayne! This thread set me to reminiscing. I was a teen-ager during WWII. One of my classmates in particular dropped out of school our high-school senior year, to join the Army, where he became a pilot. I remember snatches from their song: "Off we go, into the wild blue yonder,/ Flying high into the sun./ Here they come, zooming to meet our thunder,/ At 'em, boys, give 'em the gun ... We live in fame/ Or go down in flame/ Nothing can stop the Army Air Corps." So. Query: Wasn't it first known as "The Army Air Corps"? -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 1.61 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 On Monday, June 02, 2003, 12:48 PM, you wrote: W> That's right -- the ARMY Air Force. The United States Air Force was formed W> officially on July 26 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act of W> 1947. On September 18, Stewart Symington was sworn in as the first W> Secretary of the Air Force. W> Up until then, all records were kept by the U. S. Army Military Personnel W> Center. W> Aloha W> Wayne, NH6K W> -----Original Message----- W> From: Opal Littlejohn [mailto:olittlejohn@hillsboro.net] W> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:21 AM W> To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com W> Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Military History WW11 W> Wayne, you stated that the Air Force was not in existence in WW11 ! ! ! ! W> My husband was in the Air Force in WW11, his papers show Army Air Force. W> It is true that most of the records were destroyed in the fire in 1973; but W> later I read where there were other records in a different place. Of W> course, I do not remember where that place was. W> Opal in Texas W> ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== W> To find SURNAME LISTS: W> http://lists.rootsweb.com W> ============================== W> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go W> to: W> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 W> ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== W> HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: W> please click here and send: W> mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe W> ============================== W> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: W> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: please click here and send: mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hello Wayne! Thanks! -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 1.61 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 On Tuesday, June 03, 2003, 12:33 PM, you wrote: W> Yes it was! W> Aloha W> Wayne, NH6K W> -----Original Message----- W> From: Mary Bull [mailto:mrbull@premiernet.net] W> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:48 AM W> To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com W> Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Military History WW11 W> Hello Wayne! W> This thread set me to reminiscing. I was a teen-ager during WWII. One W> of my classmates in particular dropped out of school our high-school W> senior year, to join the Army, where he became a pilot. W> I remember snatches from their song: "Off we go, into the wild blue W> yonder,/ Flying high into the sun./ Here they come, zooming to meet W> our thunder,/ At 'em, boys, give 'em the gun ... We live in fame/ Or W> go down in flame/ Nothing can stop the Army Air Corps." W> So. Query: Wasn't it first known as "The Army Air Corps"? W> -- W> Best regards, W> Mary W> The Bat! 1.61 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 W> On Monday, June 02, 2003, 12:48 PM, you wrote: W>> That's right -- the ARMY Air Force. The United States Air Force was W> formed W>> officially on July 26 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act W> of W>> 1947. On September 18, Stewart Symington was sworn in as the first W>> Secretary of the Air Force. W>> Up until then, all records were kept by the U. S. Army Military Personnel W>> Center. W>> Aloha W>> Wayne, NH6K W>> -----Original Message----- W>> From: Opal Littlejohn [mailto:olittlejohn@hillsboro.net] W>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:21 AM W>> To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com W>> Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Military History WW11 W>> Wayne, you stated that the Air Force was not in existence in WW11 ! ! ! ! W>> My husband was in the Air Force in WW11, his papers show Army Air Force. W>> It is true that most of the records were destroyed in the fire in 1973; W> but W>> later I read where there were other records in a different place. Of W>> course, I do not remember where that place was. W>> Opal in Texas W>> ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== W>> To find SURNAME LISTS: W>> http://lists.rootsweb.com W>> ============================== W>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, W> go W>> to: W>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 W>> ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== W>> HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: W>> please click here and send: W>> mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe W>> ============================== W>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, W> go to: W>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 W> ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== W> HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: W> please click here and send: W> mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe W> ============================== W> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go W> to: W> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 W> ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== W> HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: W> please click here and send: W> mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe W> ============================== W> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: W> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237