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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 8440211, member: 100459&quot;]My father served in 3 wars.. WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.&nbsp; Navy in WWII, Army Korea and Vietnam.&nbsp; He was a corpsman in WWII Navy, I&#039;m not sure what he did in Korea.&nbsp; I know he got hit.&nbsp; After Korea, he went to missile and radar electronics training at Ft Bliss Texas.&nbsp; He became a trainer behind the Crypto cage at Fort Gordon, GA.&nbsp; We moved around a bit after that.&nbsp; I was in college when I found out that he was in Vietnam.&nbsp; He was in charge of keeping the helos and fixed wing flying he was walking across a helo pad when mortars were falling and he got hit and medivaced to the army hospital in colorado.&nbsp; After that, he finally retired to Castroville, California.</p><p>My brother was in the Navy and was on a ship in a harbor or whatever it was, when his ship got hit and so did he.&nbsp; </p><p>I have a picture of my father, my brother and me, somewhere. I&#039;ll post it if I can find it.&nbsp; Oh yeah!&nbsp; I was lucky.&nbsp; After all my training... Basic at Fort Bragg,NC, AIT Fort Dix, NJ, Jump School at Fort Benning, GA, and then Fort Bragg again in the 82nd.&nbsp; I was serving as a runner for the Battalion HQ.&nbsp; I made a run to 4th Brigade HQ and then to division HQ.&nbsp; They found out that I could type, so I became a law clerk and court recorder. Over 300 courts-martials in 2 years.&nbsp; I got order to go to Vietnam, but became exempt because my father and my brother were already there.&nbsp; Lucky me.</p><p>Anyway, I bought the Air Force and Navy 2.5 silver oz medals when I found out that there would be 1 ounce medals later this year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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