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(08-10-2023, 02:21 PM)pally Wrote: yes...He actually started off in the Army as an enlisted man.  He wanted to go to West Point but he failed the physical (feet issues + marching do not mix).  He passed the physical for the Naval Academy so he went there.  Then after 4 years at the academy, he decided he really didn't like being on ships for long tours, so when he graduated he transferred over to the Air Force which was still allowed in the 1950s.

Don't want to pester you too much, but I am curious as to where your father was stationed and what his occupational specialty was. AF get used in funny ways, e.g., postal service on FOBs, so I'm guessing he could have been inland as well as on the big airbases.