my dad's oldest brother served in WWII aboard CVE-13 USS Core. He was an aviation machinist's mate 2C. The Core was a merchant marine ship converted into a small carrier. From what i've read she was responsible for sub hunter missions in the north atlantic.
last week one of my dad's other brothers died (US Army, Ret) and despite the loss we had the good fortune of finding some memorabilia from his oldest brother that was thought to have been thrown out. I had my dad submit a request for his DD214 from the eVetsRec system.
this is his yearbook from Aviation Machinists Mate school in Florida...
John H. Gordon -- "Flash"
3754 Leonard St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Here's a boy who likes lots of sleep,
Laid in his bunk to always count sheep.
At reveille time he never would budge,
till the M.A. came and gave him a nudge.Here is the letter (signed by FDR) about his death, the only thing i can find about "Squadron 36" is VS-36 which may make sense since it was based out of Atlantic City, NJ (this has been my only lead)
Here is a picture of him as an aviator
My grandmother always said he was a "tail gunner", but this picture taken a month before his death on the USS Core shows an FM-4 Wildcat (a one man plane)
i am really confused, and i've been wanting to find this information out for years but up until now i had no real leads to go on. i have his wings, but i would like to have everything so it never gets lost again.
thanks in advance for any help