"Uncle Jasper: The Military Records" Topic

Best of good fortune with your search.

You may find my book "Finding Your Father's War" of use. Most libraries have it, and you can get a pdf version trough HOOPLA if your library has that system (and they should as it is cool).

A little known development in records research is the Govt finally admitted to having duplicate sets of the discharge and seperation paers for the VA- They are now dragging their feet making them available as they are "scanning them" and that will take a very long time.

As to MP/Cav. Cavalry were not really needed much in WW2,so a great many men who had previously been Cavalry, were transferred to other branches. Military Police was one of those branches that greatly expanded during the war, so without seeing more paperwork, my best guess is he was not needed in Cavalry, but they needed MPs to get got shifted. OR due to his wounds or intestinal issues, they decided to move him from a combat role, to a support role, and hence he found himself in the MPs.

Interesting journey! I've done the same thing with my Grandfather who survived WW1, and my father was honorably discharged from the US Navy and the US Army. He served briefly in the USN in the late 1940s when they were doing peacetime reductions, and then got drafted into the US Army during the Korean War.

He did well to keep his arm with a fracture that was both comminuted (multiple fragments basically) and compound ( associated with an open skin wound which admits all sorts, especially bits of uniform). Fortunately ulna "only", the smaller of two bones in the forearm.

The Commando link is fascinating. I hope we hear more.

Military police could see some very "active" service, just behind the front lines and within artillery range. Security, obviously, and directing traffic correctly might sound mundane, but, when the crossroads has been pre-registered for enemy artillery, it is less so, and the work is obviously vital.