THAT GUY Posted September 20, 2015 Share #1 Posted September 20, 2015 Bought this small grouping today for a great price, but the DUI is confusing me. Not sure if this is a put together or all original. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patches Posted September 21, 2015 Share #6 Posted September 21, 2015 The DI is for the 307th Airborne Medical Battalion, dating the IKE's use by this officer to the 50s, the 307th Airborne Medical Battalion's DI was adopted in December 1950. http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=8991&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 21, 2015 Share #7 Posted September 21, 2015 Whats the other ribbon on the far side of the Korean Campaign ribbon? American Campaign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B229 Posted September 21, 2015 Share #8 Posted September 21, 2015 Whats the other ribbon on the far side of the Korean Campaign ribbon? American Campaign? That's the UN medal for Korea. One thing to consider is that the 82d Airborne Div did not participate in the Korean War. It's possible this was a post-war assignment and he never put on a "combat patch". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 21, 2015 Share #9 Posted September 21, 2015 That's the UN medal for Korea. One thing to consider is that the 82d Airborne Div did not participate in the Korean War. It's possible this was a post-war assignment and he never put on a "combat patch". Right the United Nations Korea Service Medal, It was hard to make out. I wonder if there was jump wings on it, are there THAT GUY? Believe by the mid 50s that all personnel in Airborne Division had to be jump qualified, though maybe not for doctors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAT GUY Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted September 21, 2015 I was looking for traces of a jump oval and badge but didn't see anything. Thanks for all the good info guys, I really like this one. Is there anyway to tell if the jacket and hat went together? They have different serial numbers, unless the guy was enlisted in Korea. This weekend has been a good airborne find for me, also picked up an 11th airborne Korean fatigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted September 21, 2015 Share #11 Posted September 21, 2015 Whats the other ribbon on the far side of the Korean Campaign ribbon? American Campaign? Right the United Nations Korea Service Medal, It was hard to make out. I wonder if there was jump wings on it, are there THAT GUY? Believe by the mid 50s that all personnel in Airborne Division had to be jump qualified, though maybe not for doctors. Looks like the American Campaign ribbon to me aswell. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted September 21, 2015 Share #12 Posted September 21, 2015 Looks ok to me, and 99% of the time the ribbon immediately following the KSM is the UN Service Medal for Korea which is what this appears to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 21, 2015 Share #13 Posted September 21, 2015 I was looking for traces of a jump oval and badge but didn't see anything. Thanks for all the good info guys, I really like this one. Is there anyway to tell if the jacket and hat went together? They have different serial numbers, unless the guy was enlisted in Korea. This weekend has been a good airborne find for me, also picked up an 11th airborne Korean fatigue. Unlikely he was an EM in Korea and then was a Medical Officer, simply not enough time to go the Medical School, what 8 to 9 years is it, probably a switched out M50 IKE, happened a lot even with officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron3-6 Posted September 21, 2015 Share #14 Posted September 21, 2015 IMHO, not a put together. This guy was an MD or some sort, hence Medical Corps. He likely served in Korea with another unit, then completed his service time in the 82nd. There were a few legs in 50's Airborne formations. My Gr Uncle was in the 11th at this time, he wore the cap insignia and bloused his boots, but as a tanker did not attend jump school. This guy might be easy to research - He's an MD probably born between 1920-1928, who lived around where you were you found it. If you can gind out his first name - you already have enough with his serial number to do a FOIA request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAT GUY Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted September 22, 2015 Do you know the link for the information request? Thank you guys for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron3-6 Posted September 22, 2015 Share #16 Posted September 22, 2015 Look for FOIA in the individual and unit research forum on here. You might even try contacting the 82nd Airborne Museum at Ft Bragg. They have a library with a lot of yearbooks - units in the early 50's did these a lot. You know the guy was a Doc assigned to the 307th Med Bn. I would guess 1LT Carman would be in the 1953, 54, or 55 years books. Pretty safe estimate on those years. Might score a picture of the guy from the yearbook. https://82ndairbornedivisionmuseum.com/contact_us.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAT GUY Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share #17 Posted September 22, 2015 I have come to the conclusion that the Ike itself is not the same as the owner of the hat due to the laundry number starting with a 'b' and the name in the hat being 'cartman'. So somewhere this Officer picked up an enlisted Ike that had belonged to someone else and put his insignia on. Or so it would seem? And thank you Baron for the help. I tried to look his serial number up elsewhere online but nothing comes up. I guess I'll need to do the FOIA process. I was reading it takes a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 26, 2015 Share #18 Posted September 26, 2015 This doesn't show his military affiliation, but here is a link to a research paper published by Dr. G. H. Carman and another doctor in 1961. The link shows the doctors' affiliation as being the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah so that is another potential avenue to research him. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/24/4/712.abstract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAT GUY Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share #19 Posted October 4, 2015 Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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