Stolen Valor - Tuskegee Airmen

[renrich]

As far as I know I never saw or ppssessed a DD214. That was a long time ago though.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

Did they not have DD214's back then? Nowadays you don't sign out of the military without one.

Finally get my Veterans plates tomorrow. About time...

My father served in the US Marine Corps in the early 1960's, Cuban Missile Crisis era, and he received DD214 discharge papers so it is definitely not something new.


Edit:
Looks like DD214's were instituted in 1950.
Source: About Military Service Records and Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs, DD Form 214

DD Form 214, Discharge Papers and Separation Documents

A Report of Separation is generally issued when a service member performs active duty or at least 90 consecutive days of active duty training. The Report of Separation contains information normally needed to verify military service for benefits, retirement, employment, and membership in veterans' organizations. Information shown on the Report of Separation may include the service member's:

• Date and place of entry into active duty
• Home address at time of entry
• Date and place of release from active duty
• Home address after separation
• Last duty assignment and rank
• Military job specialty
• Military education
• Decorations, medals, badges, citations, and campaign awards
• Total creditable service
• Foreign service credited
• Separation information (type of separation, character of service, authority and reason for separation, separation and reenlistment eligibility codes)

The report of separation form issued in most recent years is the DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. Before January 1, 1950, several similar forms were used by the military services, including the WD AGO 53, WD AGO 55, WD AGO 53-55, NAVPERS 553, NAVMC 78PD, and the NAVCG 553.

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