bellasilva

In her 1945 her MOS is shown as 213 (stenographer).

I believe they were assigned a separate block. I have two such tags in my collection. The seller is a highly knowledgeable tag collector here on the forum.

The lack of any patina, the brand new condition, and the incorrect date make me think it’s a fantasy piece that someone didn’t do enough research on. Could be wrong of course

New Haven, CT?

I have a couple pairs of tags with this style of stamping as well. One set is to a first Cav WWII vet, the other was a medic in the PTO.

Did a quick check on ancestry and it was indeed LST 496

Unfortunately the article was clipped short when I posted it, but you still get the meat and potatoes of it.

I was very happy to pick this up

Allan, its quite possible this man and your grandfather crossed paths at some point during the war. He was with Battery D of the 17th Field Artillery.

You can either post his name here or PM it to me and I’d be happy to research him for you.

Very nice! I’m a Connecticut guy as well. You can always stop by my place and maybe leave it here

I agree, Paul. Here is a high school photo of him

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