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Show your WWII Studio Photographs!
Salvage Sailor replied to gauthieb3sxz's topic in INDIVIDUAL & UNIT PORTRAITS
USAAC Enlisted 1939 (Top row, second from left) in pre-war garrison uniform USAAF Lieutenant newly commissioned in 1942 stateside uniform and early AF patch with Air Transport Command DUI's USAAF Captain newly returned from overseas service, now with crusher cap, bullion patch and tailored uniform. -
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Salvage Sailor replied to beerdragon54's topic in MISC MILITARIA
Very nice, And Joe's Grill too! You've got the whole commissioned service of this Tacoma class Patrol Frigate (Gunboat), USS PEORIA (PF-67) on this seabag belonging to one of her US Coast Guard crewmen. Many of these PF's were manned by USCG crews for Atlantic convoy escort duty. After VE Day, PEORIA was converted to a weather ship to help North Atlantic convoys in their crossings. From the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships (PF-67: dp. 1,246; 1. 303'11''; b. 37'6''; dr. 13'8''; s. 20 k.; cpl. 190; a. 2 3'', 4 40mm, 6 20mm, 8 dep., 1 dcp. (hh.), 2 -
USN Emblem I.D. Please!
Salvage Sailor replied to thompsonbarrels's topic in LATEST FINDS AND ACQUISITIONS!
US NAVAL AIR STATION, PEARL HARBOR, T.H. The air station was on Ford Island during WWII, in the middle of Pearl Harbor where Battleship Row is. The emblem reads NAS PEARL HARBOR but the NA is scraped off of the decal. Nice V for Victory too. -
USS ZELIMA (AF-49) Alstedes class stores ship in service 1945 to 1969, Korea, Quemoy-Matsu, Cuban Missile Crisis, RVN Advisory period, Vietnam. USS ZELIMA earned one battle star for Korean War service, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with five campaign stars for Vietnam War service Crewman's Vietnam era patch - Feeding the Fleet Crewman's 1966 WESTPAC Vietnam Cruise, PN (Personelman) YN (Yeoman)
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Beerdragon's collection and new finds
Salvage Sailor replied to beerdragon54's topic in MISC MILITARIA
Public Health Service Good info on this topic here - WW1 Goodwill find US Public Health Service Olive Drab