From: djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid   
      
   "Evelyn C. Leeper"  writes:   
      
   > On 1/20/26 21:02, Don_from_AZ wrote:   
   >>>   
   >> My father entered the US Army at about the time the US entered WW   
   >> II. His name - William Albert. Two good English names, no problem right?   
   >> Well there was a problem: he had no middle name. The army couldn't cope   
   >> with that, so for his term of service in the European theatre he was   
   >> recorded as William NMN Albert (for "No Middle Name").   
   >   
   > Probably true of my father as well. He didn't have a middle name, nor   
   > did my mother, nor did my brother nor I. I did what my mother did and   
   > used my birth name as my middle name. I thought that was what all   
   > women did.   
   >   
   > My father also had "PNP" for his religion on his dog tags: "Protestant   
   > No Preference". These days that doesn't even show up in places like   
   > AcronymFinder.   
   My wife did that as well, replacing her middle name with her birth (or   
   "family") name and taking my last name when we married. As did her   
   mother before her. She thought it was a requirement in New York state to   
   do it that way, but I'm not sure it really was legally required, perhaps   
   just customary in that area of the country. We've been married 57 years   
   now, so she's used to it now!   
   --   
   -Don_from_AZ-   
      
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