Yangtze Patrol, Shanghai Navy Uniform with Dragons

[kanemono]

Here is a USN uniform that has been embroidered with dragons on the cuffs and on the back if the flap. This sailor served on the Yangtze Patrol in 1945.

Dick

[Wharfmaster]

Great Navy jumper. Note China Liberation ribbon in photo.

 

 

 

 

Wharf

[falcon_ib]

Very cool, thanks for sharing. Sukajan style jackets are becoming very fashionable, especially in Asia.

[sigsaye]

Ok, love this jumper. I can't read the ribbons. What makes this " Yangse Patrol"? My Dads first ship was out of Shanghai. Heavy Ctuiser. He was NOT Yangsee Patrol a Fire Controlman would be on a "Larger Ship", other than a Gun Boat. Just asking. Love the Jumper!!!

[kanemono]

He was assigned to the destroyer U.S.S. Waller for duty with the Yangtze River Patrol Force. Waller entered Shanghai with the first allied naval units on September 19, 1945. Two weeks later, off the China coast, Waller single-handedly immobilized a Japanese suicide boat garrison and assisted Chinese authorities in disarming 2,700 former enemy soldiers near the city of Tringhai. The "Kamikaze" unit surrendered its arms to a Waller landing force of 21 men who kept the Japanese busy all night carrying ammunition and removing explosive charges from 87 suicide boats. A few days later, on October 9, 1945 the Waller struck a mine while returning to Shanghai on the Yangtze River.

 

 

[sigsaye]

Cool! My dads first ship was a Heavy Cruiser stationed in Shang-hai too. Very interesting