Bob Hudson Posted February 25, 2012 Share #1 Posted February 25, 2012 Went to an interesting estate sale today: the guy was a former Naval officer and artist and I suspect he might have used these when making portraits. Two of these officers became generals. One flew bombers in WWI and received the Navy Cross. There are two photos of Raymond E. Hopper who commanded MAG-21 at Guadalcanal from March to May 1943 and received the Legion of Merit in WWII. There is one photo of William C. Lemly who retired as a Brigadier General. He was part of the Nicaragua Expedition of 1927, and piloted DH-4's in the VO-1 squadron. The third person is Karl S Day who became the first Marine Reserve officer to be appointed Lt. General. The photos are each about 4 x 5 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Hudson Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted February 25, 2012 Notice the officers are all wearing drop wing EGA's and Lemly here has some neat embroidered wings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirtualMariner Posted February 25, 2012 Share #4 Posted February 25, 2012 Cool photos. I was immediately struck by the resemblance of the bottom left photo to a young Liam Neeson (the actor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted February 25, 2012 Karl Schmolsmire Day "Education, Ohio State University; World War I pilot training, duty in France with Northern Bombing Group, types of aircraft, missions, 1917-19; Marine reserve aviation activities, 1932-41; early airline experiences with American Airlines; Staff, Air Battle Force, Pacific Fleet, development of navigation training for carrier pilots, Marine bomber pilot training, 1941-44; Peleliu, 1944-45; Marine reserve activities, unification controversy, 1945-57." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly USMC Posted February 25, 2012 Share #6 Posted February 25, 2012 F/S Great Photos, Thanks for posting S/F John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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