Facial Hair or Goatee in wwII?

[obxgyrene]

Foss and others got away with beards while overseas for sure. I'll bet money though that he didn't have the growth on his chin when he returned stateside.

 

[RichardH]

Foss and others got away with beards while overseas for sure. I'll bet money though that he didn't have the growth on his chin when he returned stateside.

He was clean shaven when he got his MOH from the president, so I guess he and (probably) the other pilots only sported facial hair when they were deployed in a combat zone...