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My dad has a 8 on his shoulder patch in a picture you have he was in the 44th calvary rcn mecz sq 21 aug 1944 anyone know of this unit his unit was lost for 15 days under aw 107 he was ex in 50 cal?
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Can't help with the 8 on his shoulder, but the "15 days lost under AW 107" means he was absent without leave for a couple of weeks. May have been separated from his unit during action or could have taken an unauthorized vacation. I can't believe how many web pages contain "Articles of War". I quickly found the original British version from 1749 and US version of 1806, but Article 107 was a much later addition. "ART. 107. SOLDIERS TO MAKE GOOD TIME LOST. Every soldier who deserts the service of the United States, or who without proper authority absents himself from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day, or who is confined for more than one day under sentence, or while awaiting trial and disposition of his case, if the trial results in conviction, or who through the intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor, or through disease the result of his own misconduct, renders himself unable for more than one day to perform duty shall be liable to serve, after his return to a full duty status, for such period as shall, with the time he may have served prior to such desertion, unauthorized absence, confinement, or inability to perform duty, amount to the full term to his enlistment." So, if your dad wasn't court-martialed (which would certainly be noted in his discharge papers), he probably partied a bit too much and over-stayed his leave or came back too drunk for duty. All Hat No Horse
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