Arnold's Story: July 12, 1944

This discharge certificate shows Arnold discharged as an Aviation Cadet of the 3510th Army Air Force Base Unit, Section E (Yale University). The next day he enters officer training as a second lieutenant at Harvard.

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Arnold's Story: October 25, 1947

"Mac" MacElhany writes with news of Army Air Force pals.

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Arnold's Story: September 15, 1946

I have no more letters from Arnold in Korea for the rest of 1946. Subsequent correspondence will be from California, after he was sent home on terminal leave in August 1946 and demobilized on September 15. Here I post the rest of Arnold's photos from 1946 (either Korea or Japan) as well as his certificate of service and separation.

From the details of this certificate, we see that he got a lapel button and a few medals: Army Occupation medal (Japan), American Campaign Medal World War II, Victory Medal, and Asiatic Pacific Service Medal. After our parents died, we divvied these medals up amongst us four brothers, Arnold's sons.

August 7, 1946, photo over Korea or Japan, by Arnold Nevis

August 7, 1946, photo over Korea or Japan, by Arnold Nevis

August 7, 1946, photo over Korea or Japan, by Arnold Nevis

1946 photo from either Tachikawa airfield, Japan, or Seoul, Korea

Mt. Fuji, Japan, 1946

First Lieutenant Arnold Nevis, circa 1946

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Arnold's Story: Photos of Korea in 1946, part 4

This set of photos from Korea that Arnold took in 1946 is in color. Cherries are typically in bloom in Seoul at the end of March and start of April. 

U.S. Army Air Force officer, Korea, Spring 1946

shopkeeper, Korea, Spring 1946

Army Air Force base, Korea, Spring 1946

Chōsen Shinto Shrine, Korea, Spring 1946

Arnold Nevis, Spring 1946, Korea

Arnold Nevis, Spring 1946, Korea

Korea, Spring 1946, Arnold is on the left

1946 photo, Korea, probably of U.S. Army Air Force base

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Arnold's Story: Photos of Korea in 1946, part 3

Here is another set of photos of Korea that Arnold Nevis took in 1946:

Neolttwigi (Korean 널뛰기) is a traditional teeterboard activity in which participants stand on 
each end of the neol (널 'board, plank') and jump, propelling the person opposite into the air

Neolttwigi (널뛰기) teeterboarding

Korean cobbler, 1946

aerial view of Central Government Building, Seoul, Korea, 1946

Seoul, Korea, 1946

U.S. Army Air Force vehicle, Korea 1946

Pougie Nickham, Korea, 1946

Chōsen Shrine (조선신궁) was the most important Shinto shrine in Korea 
from 1925 to 1945, during the period of Japanese rule. 

One of the royal tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea 1946

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