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My moms latest find, script engraved PH


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Well my mom went to Florida for a few weeks and came home with this nice surprise for me. Post war script engraved PH named to Merritt V Kear. I haven't been able to find any information on him yet, outside of him having lived in New York when he enlisted, and passed in 2010. I'm going to have to hire my mom as a full time picker if she's going to keep finding things like this.

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Mom's can be pretty cool this way. Back in the 70s my mom now and then scored militaria stuff for me, or set me up with friends of hers who had things from when they served in WWII. I miss you mom!!

 

Steve

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My mom was friends with a couple from church. When the husband passed away, his wife gave mom some of his military items for me. Come to find out, he was a DSC recipient for action while serving in the 3rd ID in the Korean War.

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My grandmother use to find me some nice items.She never knew what she was buying but she always good some good stuff.My father bought an original 5th RANGER history from WW2 for $5.

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The script named are the nicest looking. They seem to have been done around 1947 or so by one engraver. Wonderful find!

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Wonder if he was with 5307th aka Merrill's Marauders? There is a .pdf roster of them floating around the internet somewhere.

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He died in Edgewater, FL, so coming out of FL would make sense. You should contact the public library down there and see if they have an obit for him...

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Thanks for the comments. The information and links are very much appreciated. I found the roster for the 5307th but no luck. I'm waiting for the Edgewater library to call me back in regards to an obituary.

Thanks again,

Todd

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32810570 KEAR MERRITT V NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK Private Warrant Officers, USA NEW YORK 24 Selectees (Enlisted Men) enlisted 2-19-43


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