Caldwell, Charles Edmund, Cpl

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Corporal

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 756-Radio Operator, MOS (AAF Radio Operator and Mechanic)

Last AFSC Group
Signal (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1945-1946, AAF MOS 081, 12th Emergency Rescue Boat Squadron

Service Years
1943 - 1946

Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Indiana

Year of Birth
1924

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Marines

SSgt Larry E. Caldwell to remember Caldwell, Charles Edmund, Cpl.

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Contact Info

Home Town Crawfordsville, IN	Last Address Crawfordsville
Date of Passing Feb 16, 2014
Location of Interment Mace Community Cemetery - Mace, Indiana

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1946, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 1431, Montgomery County Post (Crawfordsville, Indiana) - Chap. Page
	1950, American Legion, Post 72 (Crawfordsville, Indiana) - Chap. Page

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Life Member VFW
Life Member American Legion
Member, AAF/USAF Crash Boat Association

I will continue to polish dad's Profile, but so much of the WWII information is yet to be included in the database from which to select air fields, badges, patches, chevrons and so forth. As those become available I will update his Profile so it can be as accurate for the period as possible.

Other Comments:

Dad had three MOS's during his 3-year WWII USAAF service:

0756 - Radio Operator/Radio Mechanic

0552 - Control Tower Operator

0081 - Engineman, Operating

NOTE:

I have asked Admin to make the Technician Badge with bars available, but I don't know the status of that.

I would also like to see the Enlisted Aviation Chevrons from WWII added so those who would prefer to display them as an option. Those of who were in the USAAF didn't consider themselves 'Army', but rather 'Airman', so the chevrons with 'propellers' underneath seem fitting and should be made available. I have provided copies of each rank to Admin so they're available, just not included in the database. Typically those in the USAAF just worn U.S. Army chevrons...those w/o the propellor underneath the stripes.

Then there's the issue of all those squadron patches the USAAF had during WWII that could be used relative to the Assignments Section. Those would add a lot of color to the Assignments.

And how about the Distinctive Insignia's that were worn on the uniforms at the time? Those too should be made available.

World War II/American Theater
From Month/Year December / 1941	To Month/Year September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters. This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.