Brigadier General Frank Sheldon Clark

[Jamecharles]

Hi all i've recently purchased a Dress uniform named to Frank Sheldon Clark Brigadier General

i've found only few photos of him and none of them show him with all his medals on the chest, i know for sure he was decorated with LOM , but i'm not sure wich grade of LOM he had, some one can help me in find a good photo of him with all ribbons / medals or just a complete lists of medals ?

 

many mnay thanks to all

 

Soon the photos of the set!

 

GS

[Justin B.]

Hi all i've recently purchased a Dress uniform named to Frank Sheldon Clark Brigadier General

i've found only few photos of him and none of them show him with all his medals on the chest, i know for sure he was decorated with LOM , but i'm not sure wich grade of LOM he had, some one can help me in find a good photo of him with all ribbons / medals or just a complete lists of medals ?

 

All LOMs awarded to US forces are/were the same, the different degrees were only used for foreign allies. Looking forward to the pictures!

 

Justin B.

[Jamecharles]

Hi mate, well i mean wich of those were assigned to him

 

Chief Commander

Commander

Officer

Legionnaire

 

??

 

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Merit

[Justin B.]

Hi mate, well i mean wich of those were assigned to him

 

Chief Commander

Commander

Officer

Legionnaire

 

??

 

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Merit

 

That's what I meant, too. Those degrees are not used for US personnel, only for international awards. US personnel all use the "Legionnaire" degree, though it is not even called that. For all US recipients it is simply the "Legion of Merit."

 

Justin B.

[Jamecharles]

sad but true

So i'll put a Common LOM on him, Now the question is wich other medals did he get during ww2? He get Also the gen staff badge?

[Jamecharles]

here a photo of the lot

 

GS

[Justin B.]

Very nice GO set, the dark blue double-striped trousers look sharp.

 

The Army Registers don't list any other decorations for Clark but the LoM, which appears to have been awarded upon retirement as is often the case. No idea on what campaign/service medals he might have earned.

 

Thanks for the post,

Justin B.

[Jamecharles]

Thank you too for the help about LOM, now i know that he never used the LOM on his Dress jacket during the services!

The trousers looks so sharp just becouse the jacket was made in 1938 (it's signed Col. S. F. Clark and dated 1938) and the trousers were made in 1940 year of his promotion to Brig. Gen., so jacket was made when he was colonel and he goes to a tailor to get a new matching pair of trousers and to modify his jacket in to a GO version.

 

it's a cool piece of history but i'm still crying becouse many years ago i've lost an incredible lot... this one:

 

[tsakers85]

Doesn't appear he is a West Point grad either...

[Jamecharles]

Frank Sheldon, Clark

Brigadier-General

(1885 – 1975)

1936

Commanding Officer 2nd Coast Coast Artillery Regiment

1940

- 1942

Commandant Coast Artillery School

1942

Commanding Officer 41st Coast Artillery Brigade

1942

- 1943

Commandant Seacoast Artillery Replacement Center Camp McQuaide

1943

- 1944

Commanding Officer Boston Sub-Sector & Harbor Defenses

1944

- 1945

Member Joint Post War Separation Committee Board (SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT KIND OF RULE IS IT?)

1945

Retired

 

 

Clark, Frank S. (02551). B—Mass. 2

Aug. 85;. A—Vt. G. S. C. 18 Aug. 31

to 17 Aug. 35: 1 July 38 to 9 Oct. 40.

Grad.: Army War Coll., 30, C. and

G. S. Sch. 25, C. Arty. Sch. Advanced

Course, 24. Naval War. Coll., 31.

B. S. Norwich Univ., Vt., 09.

 

Non- Federal:

2 It. C. A. C. 7 Apr. 09; accepted 25 Apr. 09;

1 It. 11 Mar. 11; capt.

Capt. Sig. C. Vt. N. G. 18 June 08 to 24 Apr. 09-

Maj. C.A. C. N.A.3 May 18; accepted 6 May 18; It. col. C.A.C. U.S. A. 30 Oct. 18; accepted 8 Nov. 18;

It. col. 1 Nov. 33;

col. 1 Apr. 38.

hon. dis. 30 June 20;

 

brig. gen. A.U. S. 1 Oct. 40; accepted 2 Oct. 40.

 

 

 

 

Retired 1945

[tsakers85]

You might see if Norwich has a photo: http://library2.norwich.edu/catablog/

[CNY Militaria]

Request his bio from the US Army Center for Military history. His bio is listed as part of ther database so they will email it to you if you contact them.

[Jamecharles]

found a photo of him !

 

[tsakers85]

Very cool. He may have been in the habit of only wearing the WWI Victory medal.

[Jamecharles]

It's my opinion too he used only the ww1 victory

[Guest Ethan]

Hello James,

 

I am related to Frank Sheldon Clark, Who was my great-grandfather's cousin. Ask me any questions; I'm just happy to know the uniform went to a safe place instead of being eaten by moths. I visited my great-grandfather a couple of years ago, and he had some interesting anecdotes about his life, as well as one of the medals from his service. Sorry for being 12 years late to the post; I'm just hoping you're still out there. Feel free to reach out; I would like to answer any questions I can.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Ethan

[Jamecharles]

Hello Ethan! nice too meet you, I still own his uniform and I confirm it is safe, it's an HONOR for me holding it in my collection of us army blue dress uniforms !

By the way I was able to reconstruct part of the story of his blue dress uniform:

 

- He purchased the Jacket and sky blue trousers from Meister Tailoring Co, Phoebus VA., in 1938 when he was Colonel ( when the new army regulation finally decree the last details about blue dress army uniforms).

 

 

- Later, in 1940, he was promoted to the rank of BRIGADIER GENERAL so he decided to "adapt/adjust" his blue dress uniform to his new rank, so he abandoned the sky blue trousers used by all officers and enlisted men and he purchased the correct trousers from a different tailor. He also purchased the correct soulder boards and sleeve bullion braids for general officers and he applied to his blue dress jacket.

 

 

At the time a uniform of this type was very expensive even if we compare it to the salaries of an officer. Therefore there is nothing strange in seeing the modification of the uniform purchased just a few years earlier rather than the purchase of a completely new one.

I am still looking for more photo of him, the top should be a photo of him while dressing his blue dress uniform !
Here below the photo of the uniform :)

Giancarlo Schiano

 

[Jamecharles]

bump for @Ethan