From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Jan 11 18:37:13 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0C1bDSK022103; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:37:13 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0C1bD3Z018319 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:37:13 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0BNAMFI023691 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:10:22 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0BNAMma023690 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:10:22 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0BLnqFI023479 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:49:52 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0C0GXLe006807 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:16:33 -0700 X-Envelope-From: Posnsrch@aol.com Wed Jan 11 17:16:33 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0C0GXSK006796 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:16:33 -0700 Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com (imo-m27.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.8]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0C0GVan032194 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:16:31 -0700 Received: from Posnsrch@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id 7.90.6d57c9fd (57341); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:16:24 -0500 (EST) From: Posnsrch@aol.com Message-ID: <90.6d57c9fd.30f6f9d8@aol.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:16:24 EST Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re:WWII draftees To: bharper1@adelphia.net, ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5301 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com In a message dated 1/11/2006 2:21:21 P.M. Central Standard Time, bharper1@adelphia.net writes: My hubby was in Korean War 1950's. He enlisted in the Air Force. He says he only had AF in front of his serial number. He is not aware that there were other letters used. The AF letters were seldom used - usually just his serial number. Hi, this was the comment I made...but after reading other posts, I see that most comments are regarding the ARMY. Also the web site that was so informative was re: ARMY. My hubby was NCO but still had enlisted. There was an Airmans' Club, Officers' Club and NCO Club. I asked him if he had ever heard a verbal comment or saw a written comment re: differentiating between enlisted and drafted. He said, "NO, ALL the men in the AF and Navy were ENLISTED. THERE WERE NO DRAFTEES in either the AF or the Navy." I didn't know this, since I was just the AF wife. :) This was after the WWII, when the AF was no longer the called the Army Air Corps. He thinks around 1947 that they split. This is recent history for some of us, but still an interesting discussion regarding many of our grandparents's lives. Nellie.