luger came in but....

[George Anderson]

Originally posted by Herb
...Every abbreviation I've seen of an officers rank is different from that which you see in the newspapers or in the movies. The correct abbreviation for First Leiutenant is 1Lt, not 1st Lt as shown on the paper. The longer abbreviations are so that non military people can relate to them easier but then the abbreviated titles may have changed after the war, I don't know.

Herb, abbreviations during WWII were different than they are today. When I was a kid in the '50s growing up my dad was a "Lt.Col" then later a "Col". When I was in the Army in the 70's those ranks were LTC and COL.

The paper, however, does appear to be a fake. Blanks were being sold in Tulsa several years ago.