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easterneagle87
9 hours ago, patches said:

An Unknown Private of a Hawaiian Department unit 1941.

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isnt that Old Blue eyes himself? Mr. Frank Sinatra

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3 hours ago, easterneagle87 said:


isn't that Old Blue eyes himself? Mr. Frank Sinatra

Yeah, the DI though we believe is not for a real unit.. sure wish we had a close up of it, like to see what the device is on it, what is it, a acorn?

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The narrow Big Red One patch of the 20s-30s on 16th Infantry Surgeon 1st Lieutenant Alexander Stewart, (To find more on him google his name Stewart Francis Alexander).

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On 6/26/2021 at 3:36 PM, patches said:

The narrow Big Red One patch of the 20s-30s on 16th Infantry Surgeon 1st Lieutenant Alexander Stewart, (To find more on him google his name Stewart Francis Alexander).

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This Lt's pre-war pic is great.  His WWII story is equally impressive and fascinating all at the same time.  Talk about the ultimate government cover up but it certainly didn't slide past this officer.  

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13 hours ago, kiaiokalewa said:

This Lt's pre-war pic is great.  His WWII story is equally impressive and fascinating all at the same time.  Talk about the ultimate government cover up but it certainly didn't slide past this officer.  

 

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The 77th Division on one Julius Ochs Adler in the 30s, Adler was big time in the Army, a Infantryman, not to mention the New York Times his family owned 

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A Company and then a Battalion Commander in the division's 306th Infantry in WWI, awarded a Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Citation Stars and a Wound Chevron (Gassed). post war service in the division where as early as 1924 he was the Regiment's Commander. At the beginning of the mobilization in the fall of 1940 he goes on active duty and gets command of the 113th Infantry 44th Division. later he's prompted to Brigadier General in July 1941 and is made Assistant Commander 6th Division, a Regular Army Division, most rare for a Reserve Officer, he was with the now title 6th Infantry Division for most of the war, goes out to the Pacific with it, sees action on New Guinea in its earliest action in June 1944, but apparently becomes very sick and has to be evacuated, don't know what was wrong with him, but it was so serious he was put on the inactive list.

 

By the beginning of 1945, he apparently is better and goes to Germany as a journalist at the invitation of Eisenhower, he then goes as a journalist to the Pacific, and is in Tokyo Bay on one of the warships during the surrender ceremony. Interestingly enough he goes back to active reserve duty and is now given command of the reactivated 77th Infantry Division as a Major General in 1948, not sure when he retires as he passes on 1955 and is at Arlington 

 

 

 

DURING World War I

Service: Army

Rank: Major

Division: 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

GENERAL ORDERS:

War Department, General Orders No. 44 (1919)

CITATION:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Major (Infantry) Julius Ochs Adler, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, A.E.F., at St. Juvin, France, 14 October 1918. Accompanied by another officer, Major Adler was supervising the work of clearing the enemy from St. Juvin where they suddenly came upon a party of the enemy numbering 150. Firing on the enemy with his pistol, Major Adler ran toward the party, calling on them to surrender. His bravery and good marksmanship resulted in the capture of 50 Germans, and the remainder fled.

 

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The 77th Division on one Julius Ochs Adler in the 30s, Adler was big time in the Army, a Infantryman, not to mention the New York Times his family owned 

Julius_Ochs_Adler.jpg.faa71392bd059c106feec0be640cd393.jpg

 

A Company and then a Battalion Commander in the division's 306th Infantry in WWI, awarded a Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Citation Stars and a Wound Chevron (Gassed). post war service in the division were as early as 1924 he was the Regiment's Commander. At the beginning of the mobilization in the fall of 1940 he goes on active duty and gets command of the 113th Infantry 44th Division. later he's prompted to Brigadier General in July 1941 and is made Assistant Commander 6th Division, a Regular Army Division, most rare for a Reserve Officer, he was with the now title 6th Infantry Division for most of the war, goes out to the Pacific with it, see action on New Guinea in its earliest action in June, but apparently becomes very sick and has to be evacuated, don't know what was wrong with him, but it was so serious he was put on the inactive list.

 

By the beginning of 1945, he apparently is better and goes to Germany as a journalist at the invitation of Eisenhower, he then goes as a journalist to the Pacific, and is in Tokyo Bay on one of the warships during the surrender ceremony. Interestingly enough he goes back to active reserve duty and is now given command of the reactivated 77th Infantry Division as a Major General in 1948, not sure when he retires as he passes on 1955 and is at Arlington 

 

 

 

DURING World War I

Service: Army

Rank: Major

Division: 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

GENERAL ORDERS:

War Department, General Orders No. 44 (1919)

CITATION:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Major (Infantry) Julius Ochs Adler, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, A.E.F., at St. Juvin, France, 14 October 1918. Accompanied by another officer, Major Adler was supervising the work of clearing the enemy from St. Juvin where they suddenly came upon a party of the enemy numbering 150. Firing on the enemy with his pistol, Major Adler ran toward the party, calling on them to surrender. His bravery and good marksmanship resulted in the capture of 50 Germans, and the remainder fled.

 

Adler in the 50s.

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6th Field Artillery 1st Infantry Division at Fort Meade, MD circa 1937. Here is the description with the photo: Louis W. Rothwell, circa 1937, while serving in the 6th U.S. Field Artillery at Fort Meade. He first enlisted in Company E 115th Infantry (1st Maryland) out of Elkton Armory and served from 1932 to 1935. This is the same unit that I proudly served and deployed to Egypt with in 2011-2012. In 1935, he transferred from the National Guard to the active duty U.S. Army, serving three years in the horse-drawn field artillery at Fort Meade. Despite being married and nearly 30 years of age, he was drafted in 1942, spent 17 months as a squad leader (Staff Sergeant) in the 335th Infantry Regiment overseas, and was wounded in January 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge. 

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Here's a great one, 3rd Division, the 30th Infantry Band in the 1930s, Presidio of San Francisco, the 30th had their barracks on Montgomery Street of the post. Note the Leggings,, White to match the Cross Straps they wear, not sure if these were bleached and Blancoed or specifically made White.

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This from a movie, an upside down Hawaiian Division patch, Dick Powell there with Ruby Keeler and of course Pat O'Brian, in Flirtation Walk 1934

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Anyone know the DI Powell is wearing there???, Looks too like 13 under the U.S. Collar disc???

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The costume department really blew this one...

Looks like the 251st CAC, they were an LA unit in the 1930's, shipped out to Hawaii later in 1940

 

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According to one account, the regiment makes its bid for the title of the most "Travelingest Regiment in the United States Army".

 

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7 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said:

The costume department really blew this one...

Looks like the 251st CAC, they were an LA unit in the 1930's, shipped out to Hawaii later in 1940

 

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According to one account, the regiment makes its bid for the title of the most "Travelingest Regiment in the United States Army".

 

Thanks Salvage.

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Does this count!

 

A 1920 photo of 3rd Division troops at Camp Pike Arkansas, vets the lot of them, 3rd Division is stationed at Pike after they come home after occupation duty in Germany, it's first duty station after the World War.

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 One from the first year that would become the 1920s, General Leonard Wood in 1920 when he was Commander 6th Corps at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, in the 20s-30s had jurisdiction  over units both Regular and Reserve Components in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and curiously just the post of Jefferson Barracks Missouri, all the rest of Missouri was under 7th Corps..

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A topic first!

 

The 8th Division, formation is the 3rd Battalion 12th Infantry 8th Division stationed at Fort Washington Maryland in 1935, and they're wearing Khakis to boot.

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Brig Gen Raymond McClain OK National Guard, 45th DIVART C.O. 1938 .we see just a smidgen of his Hooked Cross Patch. McClain of course going on to great fame in the upcoming world war.

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Colonel George F. Baltzell wears the Ivy Division patch when he was Commander of the 22nd Infantry, date unknown as he commanded the regiment twice, 1 Oct 1925-1 Sep 1928, 2 Aug 1934-3 May 1937 . Baltzell essentially Dies in Service in August 1937, he evidently suffering from some undisclosed illness.

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