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Terry Baldwin
 
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Terry Baldwin
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09 April 2014 12:24
 

Hello to the Society membership,  I am Terry Baldwin, new member and delighted to see a thriving interest in this proud and ancient art.

 
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09 April 2014 15:55
 

Welcome Terry!

 
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09 April 2014 20:10
 

Welcome!

 
 
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09 April 2014 21:41
 

Welcome to the site!

 
Terry Baldwin
 
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Terry Baldwin
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10 April 2014 11:22
 

Thank you all for your kind words of welcome.

 
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10 April 2014 12:00
 

A little late to the party but Welcome Terry!!

 
Terry Baldwin
 
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11 April 2014 11:54
 

Thank you as well.

 
Michael F. McCartney
 
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Michael F. McCartney
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11 April 2014 12:21
 

Nice to see another member from Northern California! —a bit of a drive from there to the Bay Area, but if interested, a few of us are having lunch in Mountain View on Wednesday 4/23 (Mario’s on Leong Street).

Also, what can you tell us about your arms & how you arrived at this design?  Inquiring minds & all that…

 
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11 April 2014 15:27
 

Are you a descendant of Samuel Baldwin of Windsor, Mass.?

 
Terry Baldwin
 
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12 April 2014 12:31
 

In answer to David, no, all my people are from Kansas and Iowa, at least back to 1877, when the records run out.

 
Terry Baldwin
 
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12 April 2014 12:47
 

My arms design has two sources, first from my military service in Vietnam, I was in a recon squadron for two tours there.  One of our emblems was a flying lion, so that was the first image I had.

As I was beginning my heraldry studies back in ‘75, I added the color to the image.  Red and gold, blood and treasure, lost during that war, my group, in the middle of it.  I changed the lion to a griffin, because my service was on the ground, supporting the air elements.

 

I, a little later, found a motto in Fairbairn’s that rang a bell with me. "Je n’oublierai pas"  ‘I shall not forget’.  I will always remember the men I served with, and it seemed fitting.

 

As to the lunch, I must sent regrets, I am not fully retired quite yet and duty calls.

 

Thank you all again for the warm welcome,

 

Terry

 
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14 April 2014 02:30
 

Thanks fir the backgroound info!

What unit were you in in SVM?  (I was 25th Inf Division)

 
Terry Baldwin
 
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14 April 2014 05:49
 

12th TAC Recon, attached to 7th AF back in 1966-68.