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HELP WITH MY FATHER'S DISCHARGE PAPERS.......

hello, this is m palmer i have a wore out copy of my dads discharge . ok some one has blacked out a bunch of stuff what i can see is this ,he was in the 78th AAF BU (AACS),he was a control tower operator  552 he was in at least 4 campaigns he has American,European,African,middle Eastern serivce medals .Allso has ASiatic Pacific Service medal with 4 Bronze stars a distinguished unit badge also it looks like i see GO 10 ICWATC 26 JULL 44 ,Neritorious Unit Award GO 6 AAC D 12 Apr 45 also down below this stuff i see Brazil 11Aug 1943,USA 26 Sept 1945 i see also service ERC 14 Aug 42 to 27 Aug 42  his name on the discharg is Palmer Forest E B grade S Sgt also component is AUS i sure hope this will help you /.for me and i thank you very much. mike palmer.
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    Good morning, Mike, and WELCOME ABOARD the Site!!!  I am sure you will find some helpful information here.  For starters, I've "reassigned" your post as its own "stand-alone" Thread with a new title.  This should give it more attention!  Once we have more information,  the Thread itself can be moved to a more appropriate sub-forum if necessary.  You will be notified if this happens.  Hopefully this info will help you get started.  Is your copy of his paperwork clear enough to have it scanned and posted on the Thread?   Enjoy the search.............
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    The 78th AAF Base Unit was the AACS (Army Airways Communications Service) Screening and Replacement Center.  Although it did earn a Meritorious Unit Commendation (not by any of the orders you cite), it never left Texas during the war (at Sheppard Field), so it seems likely that the 78th AAF BU was a unit he was assigned to for separation from the service.  His MOS as a CTO does match with assignment to an AACS unit.
     
    If he was assigned to AACS units overseas, he must have served with more than one, because no AACS unit moved from the EAME Theater to the Asiatic Theater during the war.  AACS did have units in Brazil in 1943 (12th Communications Squadron and detachments).  I don't know if any part of Brazil was considered to be in the EAME Theater.
    However, the Distinguished Unit Citation you mention was awarded by the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, not AACS (most I-C Wing units were awarded a DUC for action in Dec 1943, the authority cited in AFP 900-2 is War Department General Order 18, 1944).

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    I have copy of dads discharge at least what you can see of it but cant seem to send it to you .lack of knowing how too.
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    hi this is mike palmer iam give ing my email to you i cant seem to put this paper here. palmermike64@gmail.com so i can email it to you ok thank you
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    thank you for posting dads discharge now iam hopeing also some one may remember him .also i could use some help with geting his medals? i do not know how at all.
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    Below is the email and physical mailing address to the US Army Awards and
    Decorations Branch.  This organization will be able to help you in verifying
    what awards your father is entitled to.
    Email:  [email=USARMY.KNOX.HRC.MBX.TAGD-AWARDS@MAIL.MIL]USARMY.KNOX.HRC.MBX.TAGD-AWARDS@MAIL.MIL[/email] 
    Department of the Army
    ATTN: AHRC-PDP-A
    1600 Spearhead Division Avenue, Dept. 480
    Fort Knox, Kentucky  40122-5408
    (502) 613-9126

         You can also click the link below for more information and online
    requests for Military Awards and Decorations:
    http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/public/awards-and-decora
    tions.html

         Other information on personnel-related records might be maintained by
    the National Personnel Records Center.  If you have not already done so, you
    can make a written request for information to the National Personnel Records
    Center, Military Personnel Records, 1 Archives Drive,  St. Louis, MO 63138.
    For more information, call: 314-801-0800 or visit their site at:
    http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/.
     

         Army historical records which contain unit histories may be on file at
    the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Attn: Patron Services Division,
    950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle PA 17013-5021.  Although unit histories do not
    normally include information about specific personnel, they will show the
    unit's activities and participation during the war. For more information on
    USAHEC, call: (717) 245-3971 or visit their site at
    http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/.

         Official Army unit records prior to 1939 may also be found at the
    Military Reference Branch National Archives and Records Administration, 700
    Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC  20408-0001.  Tel: 1-866-272-6272/
    http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/.  From 1939 onward, including units that
    served in Southeast Asia: Modern Military Records National Archives and
    Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001. Tel:
    301-837-3510/ http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/.

         The New York Public Library may also contain Army unit records.  For
    more information call 917-275-6975, or visit their site at
    http://www.nypl.org/.
     
    These links may help in recovering his awards.
     
    Scott
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    On the ancestry.com family hsitory website there is a shipping record, passenger manifest for the
     
    USS General A W Greely transport, which docked in New York on 26 September 1945 having sailed from Calcutta.
     
    Your fathers name Palmer, Forrest E B 37217594 S/Sgt shows up on that manifest with over 250 men who I ebelvie were under orders to Sheppard Field, Texas.  They are not listed as being with a unit as such, and at that stage in the war, they might just have been sailing as a group under orders to Sheppard Field.  The Greely has over 150 pages of names, about 15 names per page, so lots of men on board.
     
    Information listed against him on the manifest is:
    Arm or Service AC-2
    MOS - 552 - (This is the Military occupation Speciallity for 'Control Tower Operator'
     
    I'd be cautious to say that your dad sailed from Calcutta, but there is not evidence that he joined the ship in the Canal zone or something like that, so, he may well have served in the CBI - China Burma India.
     
    I will email you the single page from the manifest.

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    thank you so much .
     
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    According to JAAFAR 1-11-53, dated 20 December 1948 (effective 10 December 1948) the USA no longer has authority or jurisdiction regarding awards and decorations to AAF veterans.
     
    The address to the AF:
    HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE PERSONNEL CENTER
    HQ AFPC/DPSIDRA
    550 C Street West Ste 12
    Randolph AFB TX 78150-4714
     
    To apply for never awarded medals:
     
    Board for Correction of Air Force Records
    SAF/MRBR5
    50-C Street West, Suite 40
    Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4742
     
    Robert

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