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