Major Daniel F Hennessy Desert Storm Grouping

[Vpep]

Hello Everyone,

I just picked up this nice group of items belonging to a Major in the 77th Division from a local flea market. I managed to get most of his stuff, but unfortunately missed out on his jungle boots, dog tags and an Iraqi license plate he had brought back. I was fortunate to get a stack of maps of Iraq, along with a pile of Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education manila envelopes and a pile of maps from various US military reservations. Of the three chocolate chip pattern tops I found, one wasn't even worn. I hope everyone enjoys the photos, and I would love to hear some suggestions on how other forum members store their groupings when they are not on display. Thanks in advance for the suggestions and comments.

Vic

[Vpep]

A few more pics

[Vpep]

Here is his unworn desert camo top with his boogie hat. They look to have never been worn. and finally his rain poncho and a stack of maps of US military reservations.

[Longbranch]

Neat uniform!

 

The vet likely only wore this uniform a few times. Ive purchased several ODS uniforms from vets, and they stated they didnt get the DBDU uniforms until just before coming home, and really only wore them a few times when headed back stateside. I had an 89th ARCOM nurses uniform that was very similar to this set, and other than wearing hers on the plane back to the US and then to a Halloween party a few years later, it badically looked like new.

[Allan H.]

As Longbranch said, the minty uniform was most likely the one that he was issued prior to leaving Saudi Arabia and heading to the US. There were a lot of units, especially ones coming from Germany, that never got a DBDU issue prior to leaving theater. The major's combat patch, the 22nd SUPCOM, tells me he was most likely in a Combat Service Support role as that is what most of the SUPCOM mas made up of- ordnance, quartermaster, transportation, and the like.

 

Longbranch- your nurse would have served with the 410th EVAC hospital, and I'll bet she was from Topeka or one of the other nearby cities in Kansas.

 

Allan

[Vpep]

Thats Great. Thanks for the information. I haven't started researching this yet, but am looking forward to it. I did notice that on that set, he had not sewn on his unit SSI.