> Was it one of these four WWII Kansas-natives named Charles Payne...??? Can some FreeperSleuths investigate better than I???
Great start!
If Payne, Charles was Obama’s Great-Uncle and he was actually with the 89th and he did help Patton liberate Buchenwald, we all owe him and his memory a debt of gratitude and Respect.
If not, Obama has some ‘splainin to do.
On Ancestry.com
In January 1942, Illinois Sen. Barak Obama’s 24-year-old grandfather, Stanley Dunham, said goodbye to his wife and infant and enlisted in the U.S. Army. “He signed up for duty, joined Patton’s army and marched across Europe,” said Sen. Obama of his grandfather’s service. But Obama’s American military heritage extends further back
(This still doesn’t say anything directly.)
(also if Boma doesn’t know the difference between a so called uncle and his grandfather, he is even more of an idiot)
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Stanley A Dunham
Name: Stanley A Dunham
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Kansas
State: Kansas
County or City: Sedgwick
Enlistment Date: 18 Jan 1942
Enlistment State: Kansas
Enlistment City: Fort Levenworth
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Bandsman, Oboe or Parts Clerk, Automobile
Marital Status: Married