Sparty On Posted May 1, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 1, 2017 It's been several months since anything has popped at any estate sales in my area. I noticed a USMC visor in a listing and thought I'd check it out on the way to my wife's ultrasound appointment. To my surprise there was also a green service jacket. According to the estate seller the family removed all the ribbons AND medals from the jacket the night before the sale started which is why the jacket wasn't pictured. I asked him to forward my info to the family to get in touch should they decide to sell them. In the meantime I think I may use replacement tibbons based off the estate sellers photo to restore it to its original condition. After doing some research I found some great history on him. He served aboard the battleship Nevada (hence the SSI) that supported marine landings in the pacific at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The Nevada was hit by a Japanese kamikaze pilot on March 27, 1945 on the main deck near turret 3 while off of Okinawa throwing him to the deck and injuring his back from which he suffered for the rest of his life. Born in Hartford city, Indiana he died June 25, 1978 in Lansing where he was a metal shop teacher at CW Otto junior high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stucky151 Posted May 1, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 1, 2017 Nice pick up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty On Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted May 1, 2017 Ship detachment patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty On Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted May 1, 2017 I always found a big stack newspapers with some great headlines from the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty On Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted May 1, 2017 Close up of headlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty On Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted May 1, 2017 Also found these magazines...first four in the series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted May 1, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 1, 2017 Really neat find! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. BARney Posted May 1, 2017 Share #8 Posted May 1, 2017 Excellent uniform! It's great to have the story on the Marine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC-RECON0321 Posted June 4, 2017 Share #9 Posted June 4, 2017 A great uniform for sure. Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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