Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Share #1 Posted June 8, 2014 Here is my weekend pickup from a local estate auction two trunk grouping of 1st Lt Perry Gordon Glunt and his wife, Captain Virginia (Connor) Glunt, USAF. Lt. Glunt was an artillery officer in the ETO and served in the 744th Artillery Bn under 3rd Army and transferred to 60th Artillery Bn of the 9th ID for early occupation duty His trunk grouping consists of his Officers overcoat, his combat worn M41! his pinks and greens service uniform with barracks cover and German made 60th Artillery DI's, his pinks and greens Ike uniform with garrison covers, his Khaki uniform with German made ribbon bar and 60th Artillery DI's and barracks cover. then there is his wife's foot locker as well with here complete Captains Flight Nurse's uniform dated 1951 with Korean War ribbon bar. Unfortunately I missed his 744th unit history and a trash bag full of his wartime photographs, I'm hoping they pop up on eBay in the coming weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted June 8, 2014 It also appears that one of their brothers may have been in Korea with the Marines as there was this small grouping of USMC items in a watch box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grovb Posted June 8, 2014 Share #3 Posted June 8, 2014 Do Not find them nice and complete like that every day nice pick up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted June 8, 2014 Lt Glunt's M41 and his dress overcot and foot locker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted June 8, 2014 Share #5 Posted June 8, 2014 Great pick up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted June 8, 2014 Virginia Glunt was a Flight Nurse, but I will have to pull her file from NARA to find out what unit she served with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted June 8, 2014 The Khaki uniform has the wow factor with its German made insignia and numbered cannons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted June 8, 2014 20+ years of collecting and I have never seen this before: German ribbon material used to back the sewn on 1/2" ribbon bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted June 8, 2014 close up of the '60' cannons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted June 8, 2014 some of the stickers on his trunk show that it traveled through Europe with Lt. Glunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted June 8, 2014 both barracks covers have very supple leather bills, sweat bands, and decorative chin straps as well as the harder to find functional chin straps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmhm Posted June 8, 2014 Share #12 Posted June 8, 2014 That's a neat group - especially the flight nurse uniform..normally don't see those with all the bling intact. Mark sends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted June 8, 2014 Share #13 Posted June 8, 2014 Nice! Do not recall seeing this much material in a group, look forward to hearing more re this group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysonthelookout Posted June 8, 2014 Share #14 Posted June 8, 2014 Out standing find!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Gunner USMC Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted June 8, 2014 There are 4 matching German Made DI's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 8, 2014 Share #16 Posted June 8, 2014 Who finds 3 groupings at one time ? Amazing find at the very least. Love the German made DI's and numbered cannons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted June 12, 2014 Share #17 Posted June 12, 2014 Outstanding grouping, James! Interesting that he used the Eastern Front ribbon as the backing on his ribbon bar. Must be the week of husband and wife groupings. I just found an similar one where the husband was a Captain (15th AAF) and wife was a 1st Lt flight nurse (5th AAF). Congrats on your find and hopefully you can locate the photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnarlyRelics Posted June 12, 2014 Share #18 Posted June 12, 2014 Very cool grouping!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Posted June 12, 2014 Share #19 Posted June 12, 2014 Very very nice husband/wife grouping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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