I suspect a combination of all 3. I did try and get a copy of his service records. Unfortunately I have to wait a couple of couple of years before his service records will be available to me. The Dept of Veteran's Affairs have a 15 year lock on records after the vet has died. His records were transferred to Veteran's Affairs in the 80's.
Also a friend of his did tell me once that in Italy he decked an officer after the man ordered a frontal assault that would have been suicidal. Funny though that should have resulted in a courts marshal but there's never been a record of that. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I assume that your father fought with the Canadian military by your > previous posts. Although I cannot speak for them, in the US Army, there > are a couple of reasons for this: > > 1. He got into a lot of trouble. > 2. It was common practice back then, Korea and Vietnam to offer field > promotions (also known as battle field promotions). Sometimes those > promotions stuck, sometimes they did not. For instance, General > Eisenhower was never really a real general for a while. He was frocked > (pining rank on someone but not paying them that rank) so that it > appears that the person in charge is really in charge by virtue of their > rank. Still happens to day, mostly with First Sergeants and Sergeants > Major. > > Assuming the Canadian Army does the same thing, this could offer an > explanation. In the US Military, we have HRC (Human Resource Center) > that has records dating back to pre WWII. You might check to see if the > Canadian military has the same type of records archive. > > > Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> I've my father's paybook from 1939 to 1946. I'd love to know why for a >> year and a half his pay grade (i.e., his rank) went up and down like a >> yo-yo. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308411 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
