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Edit request, Military service, US Army enlistment record, not USAF, an other source[edit]

Name: Charles D Buchinsky; Name: BUCHINSKY CHARLES D

Event Type: Military Service; Event Date: 17 Mar 1943

Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War orother emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Event Place: Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States

Race: White; Citizenship Status: citizen

Birth Year: 1921; Birthplace: 39

Education Level: 4 years of high school; Civilian Occupation: 999

Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Military Rank: Private

Army Branch: No branch assignment; Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)

Source Reference: Civil Life; Serial Number: 33576052

Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923; Box Film Number: 06791.196

Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946

Citing this Record "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8TC-6L9 : 5 December 2014), Charles D Buchinsky, enlisted 17 Mar 1943, Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

Air Medal? If Bronson flew missions over Japan he almost certainly would have earned an Air Medal. In addition he would also have a World War II Victory Medal and an Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal. These could be added to his biography based on the award criteria of the medals alone.

Another role[edit]

Charles Bronson guest starred in joe Palooka Show Season 1, Episode 1. Two Rings For Eddie as a fighter named Eddie Crane. He stars as Charles Buchinsky in this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fireflycountry (talk • contribs) 04:18, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Amount of money that Charles Bronson earned for mining coal[edit]

This is a complaint about the phrasing of two possible comments by Charles Bronson. I read the guidelines and am uncertain whether I am violating them as this is mostly opinion but offered as one versed in the subject. Normally I actually make edits (all have been approved) but only on mechanical, scientific or mathematical subjects.

I retired from two professions, the first was coal mining. My region has many mines including many that were mined out through the 1920s and 1930s. My grandfather hand loaded coal from 1920-1950 after serving in WW1. My father hand-loaded before serving in WW2 and a short time after the war before pursuing other employment. I grew up hearing coal mining stories from local residents and family.

Because of that, I would like to comment, no proof offered nor inferred, that Charles Bronson was either misquoted or did not express himself clearly about the amount he earned per ton of coal. The retail price of bituminous coal was around $3.50 per ton during the depression (the time frame under discussion) with some small operators selling for even less. If there was ever an "incentive" wage for coal mining (in those days) I am unaware of it (grandpa was paid by the hour but, by the ton, it would have worked out to about 20 to 25 cents per ton). Miners were paid by the hour. On top of that, the "company store" often offered the only reasonably located option to buy goods, usually at "we got you" prices. Few coal mining families could afford cars it was impractical to travel long distances to buy elsewhere.

Here's my best take on the comments. In the 1900s, coal prices were often around $1 per ton, in the 30s, owner-operators made about $1 per ton profit. It is possible that Mr. Bronson was referring to one of those numbers and was misunderstood. In regards to the earning $1 in two weeks, that too is likely referring to "other things". When all things were considered, it was all a family could do to keep their heads above water (exactly as the operators intended). Working double shifts to earn $1 in two weeks more likely meant to get $1 ahead of the game, i.e. SAVE $1.

My complaint about the phrasing of "in one interview he said this and another he said that" is that, when I read it, it sounded like Charles Bronson was being deceptive. If one is being deceptive it would seem odd that he's "bragging" about how much he earned in one interview and "complaining" about how much he didn't earn in another.

--Wayne Shook, retired UMWA miner (retired 2000) and member of the US Champion Peabody Marissa Mine Team (199) Retired software engineer from Northrop Grumman (2013).

Shooky56 (talk) 15:41, 13 December 2020 (UTC)Wayne ShookShooky56 (talk) 15:41, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Father's original name and language spoken at home[edit]

It is doubtful that his father in Pennsylvania spelled his name Valteris P. Bučinskis according to later Lithuanian spelling reforms https://www.lituanus.org/1983_4/83_4_02.htm . It is also doubtful that his home language was Lithuanian as the place of origin of his father was the town of Druskininkai (a part of Imperial Russia at the time his father immigrated to U.S.A.) where, according to the Polish 1921 census, only 19 out of about 1000 inhabitants declared themselves as Lithuanians. [[1]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pernambuco1 (talk • contribs) 19:58, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Greek[edit]

Bronson's ethnic background accounts for Lithuanian and Russian, but how did he come to speak Greek?Bill (talk) 04:54, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Lipka Tatar[edit]

Paternal Lipka Tatarian164.0.7.196 (talk) 11:10, 18 February 2021 (UTC)Titus

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