Mail Man DIP

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Tough to answer a comedian when the subject actually here quoted answered is Off Topic ( a fake out ya suppose?). Military Postal Officer is an extra duty assigned by Sqdn CO, licensed APO (Army or Air Force Post Office) Postmaster, US Postal Service (heard of USPS? Lots of proven HONEST vets employed there by USPS choice ) can receive and send mail and fwd under quard to the combat front line squadrons. Cannot sell postage as the combat mail is franked free from the zone ( if you’ve ever actually even been in a declared combat area you might well know). Some flight IS involved (floats in bulk on a boat for weeks , becomes my own one day service airmail to Viet Nam by B-57 bombay delivery) but NOT eligible by US law deserving a combat medal for a 6th DFC or 15th Air Medal, only 1st award USAF Commendation Medal for licensing the very first combat sqdn post office with combo locked individual boxes for all assigned personnel and family at Clark AB. Next day in the zone my airmen sorted it by alphabet group slots pretty catch as catch can in Sqdn ops. But at Clark AB it was a VERY busy and well liked facility far from CONUS home and letter writers. We delivered packages did not send them. Central Base PO for any cash involved. Did you READ? we DID NOT as trained to do censor mail entire Viet era . What we combat heros, most usually uncaptured and not shot down that day, returned from North attacks did do? was stand at any small palm tree so good old Morley Safer had some tropical backdrop answering silly questions for what we called “What the Captain meant to say was”. Often hilarious stuff. Never sold a hat in my entire life.Did some family type shoes and purses working way thru college. More fake comedy sketches on Sunday Nite Dead? Improve the dialogue, PLEASE !

post·mas·ter
‘pos(t)?mast?r/SubmitSubmit
noun
a person in charge of a post office.

APO / FPO Military Mail Explained
What is an APO address or an FPO address? APO stands for “Army Post Office,” and is associated with Army or Air Force installations. FPO stands for “Fleet Post …

F4Uvet Sunday, 08/12/18 11:45:48 PM
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Thank you for your service. Without a postmaster [mailman], flying combat missions in Korea would
have been much more tedious. Without mail, morale would have suffered badly.
In the Navy we called mail people yeoman. Never heard of a “combat postmaster” …. must have been dangerous considering paper cuts and all. Was reading and censoring people’s mail exciting ?
How does a postmaster qualify for 5 [five] DFC’s ?

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