In 1942 Copeland worked for the Rohr Aircraft plant. At some point he served as an enlisted man during WWII. He became an officer at some point in late WWII. He stayed the reserves and at some point was called back or volunteered. He flew more than 100 missions as a T-6 Texan pilot during the Korean War. After the war he worked in Road Construction. He died 2 July 1978. Groupings to T-6 “Mosquito” pilots don’t often turn up. Form 214 to Copeland with details of his later service during the Korean War. He was listed as a T-6 Texan pilot. He separated from Greenville AFB in Mississippi. The details for height, hair/eye color match the photocopy pass. Has some fold lines. Honorable Discharge as an Aviation Cadet with serial number dated 31 Jan 45. This is the standard photostatic copy. It has fold lines. Honorable Discharge as a 1Lt in the Air Force Reserve dated 1955 for Copeland. Has fold lines, some staple holes. Two inch USAF pilot wings. They are marked N. Meyer and 9M on the back. Two USAF narrow ribbon bars. Second ribbon bar has clutch backs and has the NDSM, KSM, and UN medal ribbons. Both bars show use to ribbons. No stars or OLC’s. Typical pilot set up. Two photocopies, one of Copeland’s obit. The other is an enlarged copy of his worker’s pass. Documents/ribbon bars, wings show normal wear/tear associated with age/use. Documents show creasing, corner bends, fading/toning with age. Ribbons show use from being on uniform including edge rubs. There may be other minor age related defects on all. The photocopy of the newspaper obit is included. Enlarged photocopy of pass provided. Normal wear and tear associated with age.