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tdogchristy90
On 3/7/2021 at 9:42 PM, patches said:

E Sledge in The PACIFIC.

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He did a wonderful job portraying Sledge. A few facts for that aren’t aware. The actor is the same kid from Jurassic Park. Also, the family thought he did such a good job in the mini series that they gave the actor Sledge’s pipe.

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Ah don't know where to post this fella, so lets post him here not smoking a pipe, but a cigarette 1594924448_emoticonsmile.png.086139360a621288c306cb53e21504e2.png

 

Date unknown, 50s we should think, name unknown, 

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3 hours ago, tdogchristy90 said:


He did a wonderful job portraying Sledge. A few facts for that aren’t aware. The actor is the same kid from Jurassic Park. Also, the family thought he did such a good job in the mini series that they gave the actor Sledge’s pipe.

Is that actually Sledge's Pipe he used in the series?

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10 minutes ago, patches said:

Is that actually Sledge's Pipe he used in the series?


No, it’s a reproduction. After the family saw the series and liked the portrayal so much, they gave the original pipe to the actor. I think it’s mentioned somewhere on the extras disk of the boxset. Maybe in the character bios they produced.

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3 hours ago, tdogchristy90 said:


No, it’s a reproduction. After the family saw the series and liked the portrayal so much, they gave the original pipe to the actor. I think it’s mentioned somewhere on the extras disk of the boxset. Maybe in the character bios they produced.

Very good sir, thank you.

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The picture and pipe belonged to my uncle's father who served in WW1 in the signal corps with the 38th Division. Here he is back at the family home on his return, probably 1919, smoking that pipe.

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Walter Krueger with the Pipe when he was a Brigadier General in the late 30s, at this time Krueger was commander of the 16th Infantry Brigade, the active brigade of the 8th Division at Ft Meade Maryland, too bad Krueger isn't wearing the 8th Division patch on his shirt. Krueger of course goes on to lead the 6th Army in the Pacific in WWII.

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8 minutes ago, patches said:

Walter Krueger with the Pipe when he was a Brigadier General in the late 30s, at this time Krueger was commander of the 16th Infantry Brigade, the active brigade of the 8th Division at Ft Meade Maryland, too bad Krueger isn't wearing the 8th Division patch on his shirt. Krueger of course goes on to lead the 6th Army in the Pacific in WWII.

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Did you know at the same time there was two other General Kruegers? This one in the German Waffen SS and one in the German Army.

 

A WWI Veteran, 

In 1935, he joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe and served as an instructor at the SS Officer's school at the SS-Junker School Bad Tölz. He earned the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, after taking command of the SS Division Polizei, which fought on the Leningrad front.

Krüger became commander of the SS Division Das Reich in March 1943. After that, he went on to become the inspector general of infantry troops of the Waffen-SS. He was then posted to the VI SS Army Corps (Latvian), a paper command. On 22 May 1945[a], Krüger committed suicide in the Courland Pocket fourteen days after the surrender of Nazi Germany.

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A WWI Veteran

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Walter_Krüger_(Heer_general)#Awards_and_decorations

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BILL THE PATCH

Here is a pipe that was made by a 85th div vet while convalescing in a hospital after being wounded. Has two extra mouth pieces.IMG_20220105_182439660.jpg.0f5be711211e4371084efd918d341dbc.jpg

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Two photos of the actor Turhan Bey, a pipe smoker as we see, Bey an already established movie actor, serves in the Army in 1945-46., in processed at Ft MacArthur in Los Angeles, don't know where he took basic, he seems to have been in the Air Corps as he's stationed at Santa Ana Army Air Base  California, note the "Crusher' look.  Santa Ana Army Air Base will by the way fall under 4th Air Force.

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Lieutenant Colonel Norman F Baessell VIII Air Service Command, England, Baessell was onboard the plane, the small  UC-64A Norseman,  Glenn Miller was on when it disappeared, not sure what Baessell's mission or duty was.

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Salvage Sailor

Company K 35th Infantry, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1920's

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1st US Infantry Regiment, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1912

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Staff Sergeant Earl L. Kerbow, KIA over St. Nazaire January 3 1943 368th Bombardment Squadron 306th Bombardment Group (H) 8th Air Force.

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