On 25 Aug 2005 16:04:22 -0700, "
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Can't help you on later editions. My single DD-214 form is dated
1 Jul 52 and was filled in at Fort Sheridan, IL, in February 1956.
Back then its title was "Report of Separation From the Armed Forces
of the United States."
One of Kerry's DD-214's (filled out 15 Dec. 66) was edition 1 NOV 55,
and states that it "replaces edition of 1 JUL 52". Looks like your
admin clerk took an extra-long Christmas vacation.....;-)
Heh heh heh heh. How about that? :-)
All I know is that mine was typed-in by a cute but robotic E-4
gal on a Saturday at Fort Sheridan. Our processing was pushed
suddenly due to an influx of others expected in from Yurp on
the next Monday (ahead of some kind of schedule they thought
they had).
Unfortunately, some yo-yo will pick that item up as some kind of
"proof" that "I never served" or something vacuous or puerile.
Just be glad you weren't running for President.
However, the Social Security folks, the Department of the Army,
the National Archives and Records Administration, FBI, IRS,
etc., all accept the fact. :-)
Four months through the supply line in 1952 isn't worrisome enough to
require even a mild laxative. It's not like they could have downloaded
the form off the internet and printed it up on an HP. And it's still
common practice to use up old forms before popping open a fresh box of
replacements -- as long as the intended purpose is within the scope of
the old form. But I'm sure -someone- will pitch a bitch.
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I carry around a credit-card-size reduction of my DD-214 for fun,
have used it as local proof (needs a magnifying glass to see the
detail). Once got into a conversation with a Vietvet at a party
who had gotten a similar laminated reduction...he got out in '74...
we compared forms and they seemed to be very nearly identical.
Hey, that's a neat idea! I gotta do that, keep it right next to my
Blue Nose card.
I bought one at Fort Sheridan in '56 for $2...was mailed to me
in a week. Impulse buy then. Has been fun to pull out when the
need arises to "prove" something to big-mouths met in person.
Laminated in plastic, it has lasted 49 years in my wallet. :-)
I would rank it FAR higher in value than some "ham radio badge"
(shield)(cop-wannabe style) that some outfit was advertising on
a ham website once. Jay-suss, imagine elevating a hobby license
to police-like status with a BADGE.
Yeah, some of these hams have real issues. They aren't all hams, but
for some reason they are often attracted to ham radio. A couple years
ago I tried to sell an old 16-ch Regency that covered 137-150 MHz and
would have been a great starter radio or backup for 2m. Yet almost
everyone who responded wanted to know if it could be converted to
cover the police and/or fire bands and none of them would show proof
of licensure when asked. Kinda scary to think that there are so many
nuts out there just waiting for an opportunity to impersonate a cop.
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