craig_pickrall Posted March 19, 2013 Share #1 Posted March 19, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1940Desoto Posted March 19, 2013 Share #2 Posted March 19, 2013 Craig, Thank you for posting this kit mate, I really appreciate the obscure items often overlooked by collectors. Would these kits have been issued in limited numbers to Infantry NCO's at point of capture before handover to MP's and finally INT ? I use your posts as a MAJOR reference and appreciate all that you do, I have learnt a lot ! Posts like these add to my wish list...don't know if that is good or bad Cheers Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted March 19, 2013 Share #3 Posted March 19, 2013 Wow! That's Amazing, never seen that before! LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted March 20, 2013 Share #4 Posted March 20, 2013 That's definitely an unusual piece, from the Pickrall archives! Thanks for posting Craig...I too have never seen one before. Wonder if there's many others out there in collections or museums? I particularly like the name cards, are they just like a 'business card' or would they have been used to take down notes of interrogations/interviews etc.? Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted March 20, 2013 Share #5 Posted March 20, 2013 That is cool.I have never seen a POW tag or interpreter business card before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted March 21, 2013 I do not know for sure how these kits were issued. My best guess is that they were issued to the Interpreter for use in interviews at the stockade. Note the upper right corner says Division Stockade. The ID card is about the same size as a normal business card. I'm guessing one of these cards was placed in the envelope along with any additional interview notes on the POW. Question number 9 addresses the location of the interview as well. I think there was limited use of interpreters in the field. Thanks for the nice comments on the kit. It is the only one I have ever seen. I also have not seen one in a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1940Desoto Posted March 21, 2013 Share #7 Posted March 21, 2013 Thanks mate ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billl Posted March 22, 2013 Share #8 Posted March 22, 2013 Amazing stuff. Thanks a lot for sharing. Man, I'd like something like this in my collection. Can you share where and how you picked it up? And how much $? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted March 22, 2013 A friend found it but I don't recall the details. He did not collect USMC items so he gave it to me. I don't think he paid more than $1.00 for it. It was about 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot12 Posted March 23, 2013 Share #10 Posted March 23, 2013 1st one I have ever seen. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted March 23, 2013 Share #11 Posted March 23, 2013 Craig, that's very nice! I believe I've seen it posted before. I would guess this packet dates to late 1944, since it looks like at least one of the interpreters shows up in the muster rolls as undergoing special training in late 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted March 23, 2013 Share #12 Posted March 23, 2013 Actually, I guess I should rephrase that. Since the cards show assignment to a MARDIV, it would have been issued in 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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