bayonetman Posted September 8, 2007 Share #1 Posted September 8, 2007 I know that many of you are real Marine buffs, so these may be common to you. But they are new to me so maybe they will be of some interest to others here. I have never seen an Army Certificate to a Marine before. Sorry about the photo quality, had to shoot the first two through glass and the third one had been rolled up for years and I had to hold it down while taking the photo. I am in the process of buying these, just haven't finished working out a trade deal yet. Click on the black bar above the photo to enlarge it enough to be readable. One the third one, once the larger image comes up, it will probably reduce to fit the screen height, so click again on it to bring it back up to the larger size. Any comments on this Marine will be appreciated. If you add a response, PLEASE erase the photo lines below so the photos do not keep showing up and taking up server space. Lets not add to the costs of the owners of this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhund Posted September 8, 2007 Share #2 Posted September 8, 2007 HOOOO Boy Where do you get these from??? The 51st Co is my favorite amongst the 4th Brigade, maybe the 96th Co is equivalent James I DODD Enlisted 23rd AUG 19717 SN 117532 Killed in Action near Torcy, France ( Belleau Wood area) June 6th 1918 Buried in graveyard on Champillon and Torcy road ( provisional cemetary) Grave #518 Caracter excellent Should you want to get rid of these docs... please dont hesitate to contact me I will tell you the story of this 51st Co mess kit later, his owner passed away recently at 104 years old and is know as to be the last Belleau wood Marine Teufelhund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhund Posted September 8, 2007 Share #3 Posted September 8, 2007 He came from OHIO and is burried in the Aisne Marne WWI US cemetary ( BELLEAU WOOD) AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION James Irving Dodd Private, U.S. Marine Corps 5th USMC Regiment, 2nd Division Entered the Service from: Ohio Died: June 6, 1918 Buried at: Plot B Row 4 Grave 62 Aisne-Marne American Cemetery Belleau, France Awards: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellwood Posted September 8, 2007 Share #4 Posted September 8, 2007 Hello from Belleau Wood area France, In order to complete the information given by Teufelhund.... James Irving Dodd is buried in the American Cemetery Aisne Marne located at Belleau in France, just on the north end of Belleau Wood, you can find it on the American Battle Comission web site : www.abmc.gov Now some more information : James was born on July, 1st, 1897 at Little Washington, PA, he lived in Akron, Ohio. He enlisted USMC on August 23, 1916, served on USS St Louis on April, 6, 1917, went to Philadelphia, PA on May 30, 1917, and went overseas with the 51st company, 5th Marines, 4th Brigade, 2nd Division AEF. Arrived to France on July, 3, 1917. Campaign : Aisne Marne ;( Belleau Wood) Defensive sector ( trainning with French near Verdun), killed in action on June 6, 1918. Character "excellent". It was notified to Mrs Anna Dodd, mother, 503 Wells St. Sisterville, W.Va So, Yes as said Teufelhund, its nice set of document, thinking only that its sad that the family do not preserve history of their ancestor ..... You will get probably many messages, since these kind of document are very valued, some avid USMC collectors and also medal collectors are ready to pay hundred of $$$$ for this...... I have a few copies of such document brought by relatives of WW1 Marines, here in the museum. Hellwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhund Posted September 8, 2007 Share #5 Posted September 8, 2007 It happent not too far from here T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted September 8, 2007 Share #6 Posted September 8, 2007 Congrats on these fine items of history..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayonetman Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted September 9, 2007 Gentlemen, thank you all for your prompt replies and great information. These are not mine yet. As I mentioned, I am in the process of working out a trade with another "collector" who apparently stumbled over these at an antiques store last week. I believe it was in the Sistersville WV area so that makes sense since his mother apparently lived there. He picks up almost anything military, but is one of these sort of strange people that normally will not sell anything, but will trade for items more in his direct line of interest. Although I have several things that interest him, so far we have not been able to come to an agreement as to the relative worth of his documents vs my trade goods. But now I guess they are worth more than I suspected so will be able to justify a higher trade value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayonetman Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted September 9, 2007 I am still in the process of obtaining these documents, hopefully within a couple of days. The current owner mentioned that there were some other items that came with these three certificates, and was able to dig out some letters and other documents today. I note that he died on June 6, 1918 - 24 years to the day before so many other Americans died on D-Day. There were a couple of letters from Pvt. Dodd to his family, and a couple from his family to him from shortly before his death. All mention just family affairs and how things are doing. No mention of any of his experiences in France. Also some documents concerning his insurance and some bonds and a newspaper clipping about his death. To save server space on this forum, I have started a album at: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v97/bayo...n/Dodd%20Group/ where some of these other documents can be viewed. Double click on the thumbnail, then again on the photo as it comes up to see the full size image. This envelope was in the group - a sad memory of a man who gave his life for his country: Again, my thanks to all of you who have responded on this forum and by PM. I had no idea that there was so much interest in items like this or that they were so highly valued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhund Posted September 9, 2007 Share #9 Posted September 9, 2007 Colonel Shearer's Headquarters Lucy-Le-Bocage ( Belleau wood Area) , picture taken in june 2007 This house was for sale some years ago ( Cheap) , but my wife didn't want to drive 250 Km's ( plus return) every WE Teufelhund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhund Posted September 9, 2007 Share #10 Posted September 9, 2007 Another one, with the small 2nd Division boulder monument on the "market place" of the village T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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