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To: neverdem
IIRC, Tailgunner Joe was in the Army Air Corps, not the Marine Corps.

He was a Marine.

4 posted on 09/24/2012 2:40:25 PM PDT by Delhi Rebels (There was a row in Silver Street - the regiments was out.)
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To: Delhi Rebels

Thanks for the correction. That tailgunner moniker made me assume Army Air Corps bombers. Douglas Dauntless dive bombers had machine guns facing the rear, but the guns and gunner were in the cockpit.


9 posted on 09/24/2012 3:14:23 PM PDT by neverdem ( Xin loi min oi)
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To: Delhi Rebels

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1960; one of his assignments was as an intelligence briefer for Admiral Arleigh Burke. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade.


14 posted on 09/24/2012 4:11:32 PM PDT by tankrlm
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