Salvage Sailor Posted February 14, 2022 Share #151 Posted February 14, 2022 On 12/22/2017 at 11:00 AM, Salvage Sailor said: Luke Field, T.H. 5th Composite Group pilots On 12/30/2019 at 4:17 PM, irish said: One of the classiest Dis ever made in my opinion. Well then, we need another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 14, 2022 Share #152 Posted February 14, 2022 8th Field Artillery, Hawaiian Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share #153 Posted February 16, 2022 A Soldier of the 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division in the mid 1930s Fort Sam Houston Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #154 Posted March 3, 2022 Laurel and Hardy in the 1941 film Great Guns, they are clearly wearing 12th Cavalry DIs that have had the Cactus center painted over, film shot in the summer of 1941. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share #155 Posted March 4, 2022 Got to be another 2nd Bombardment Group Unit Crest, here on a young Laurence S. Kuter West Point 1927 at Langley Field in like 1931, his first duty was in the 49th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share #156 Posted March 4, 2022 1 minute ago, patches said: Got to be another 2nd Bombardment Group Unit Crest, here on a young Laurence S. Kuter West Point 1927 at Langley Field in like 1931, his first duty was in the 49th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, In later years as a General. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share #157 Posted March 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, patches said: Got to be another 2nd Bombardment Group Unit Crest, here on a young Laurence S. Kuter West Point 1927 at Langley Field in like 1931, his first duty was in the 49th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, Possibly he's wearing a variant of it like tis one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share #158 Posted April 24, 2022 Another 30s 1st Cavalry Regiment, this from a movie, a 1938 movie called ARMY GIRL, James Gleason there in a familiar role as the Old Timer Noncom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share #159 Posted May 19, 2022 James L. Quong 179th Infantry 45th Division around 1938, joins up around 1936 when 16 , he makes a career out of the Army, WWII units unknown, makes Officer, but is RIFed post was. As a Master Sergeant in 1950, Quong is in Japan, goes over to Korea with D Company 32nd Infantry 7th Infantry Division, posted MIA Chosin Reservoir, we gather he was listed in the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, he's found June 18 2020, as of this date no cemetery is mentioned where he will be rested. Of interest, his mother and father divorced apparently and she remarried when he was a kid, remarried to a Chinese-American man, we guess he adopted James, and took his surname Quong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share #160 Posted May 21, 2022 A Major Fred During, around 1939 at Fort Leavenworth Kansas wearing the Unit Crest for the Command and General Staff School. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the Command and General Staff School on 16 Jun 1938. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share #161 Posted May 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, patches said: A Major Fred During, around 1939 at Fort Leavenworth Kansas wearing the Unit Crest for the Command and General Staff School. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the Command and General Staff School on 16 Jun 1938. This and his listing of DSC holders for WWI is all I could find on him, his O listing as of 1 January 1935, which is quite odd seeing he was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross and a Wound Stripe in WWI upgraded now to the Purple Heart https://valor.defense.gov/Portals/24/Documents/ServiceCross/ArmyDSC-WWI.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted May 21, 2022 Share #162 Posted May 21, 2022 https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/11724 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share #163 Posted May 22, 2022 21 hours ago, Wailuna said: https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/11724 Thanks Wailuna, must of missed that one , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share #164 Posted August 15, 2022 The 21st Infantry Hawaiian Division pre war, appears to be wearing the Denims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted August 15, 2022 Share #165 Posted August 15, 2022 On 5/18/2022 at 5:37 PM, patches said: James L. Quong 179th Infantry 45th Division around 1938, joins up around 1936 when 16 , he makes a career out of the Army, WWII units unknown, makes Officer, but is RIFed post was. As a Master Sergeant in 1950, Quong is in Japan, goes over to Korea with D Company 32nd Infantry 7th Infantry Division, posted MIA Chosin Reservoir, we gather he was listed in the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, he's found June 18 2020, as of this date no cemetery is mentioned where he will be rested. Of interest, his mother and father divorced apparently and she remarried when he was a kid, remarried to a Chinese-American man, we guess he adopted James, and took his surname Quong. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46057653/james-lee-quong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share #166 Posted September 22, 2022 Richard E. Mittelstaedt 1940 AG CANG, he's wearing one of those California NGHQ DIs, can't find a image of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share #167 Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/22/2022 at 12:10 AM, patches said: Richard E. Mittelstaedt 1940 AG CANG, he's wearing one of those California NGHQ DIs, can't find a image of it. PMed tredhead on this and he tentatively Ided it as the California NG's 79th Infantry Brigade 40th Division, tentatively because Mittelstaedt has as his command position being the Adjutant General of California and not in the 40th Division, so we thought the CANG HQ had a DI of it's own apart from the 40th Divisional HQ ones. Turns out the ID is spot on cause this photo of him was taken when he indeed was the commander of the 79th Infantry Brigade, they just used his older photo for this write up. His Service Chronology, from a discovered page on him, note the 79th Infantry Brigade period of command, note too he was thee very first commander of the newly activated 49th Infantry Division post war. Service 1921-11-09–1938-10-07Commanding Officer 250th Coast Artillery Regiment 1923-12-01–1931-01-05Adjutant-General of California 1938-10-08–1941-04-07Commanding Officer 79th Infantry Brigade 1940-06-10–1941-03-03Adjutant-General of California 1940-10-09–1941-02-16Acting Director of Selective Service, California 1941-02-17–1941-03-02Director of Selective Service, California 1941-04-10–1942-02-05Commanding Officer 80th Infantry Brigade 1941-XX-XX–1942-XX-XXCommanding Officer San Diego Sub-Sector 1942-XX-XXAssistant Commanding General 40th Infantry Division 1942-09-04–1943-07-16Commanding General Maui District 1944-XX-XXCommandant of Infantry Replacement Training Center Camp Robert 1946-08-15–1947-10-24Commanding General 52nd Infantry Division 1947-10-24–1948-01-23Commanding General 49th Infantry Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 28, 2022 Share #168 Posted September 28, 2022 65th Infantry Regiment from a 1933 magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 28, 2022 Share #169 Posted September 28, 2022 31st Infantry Regiment from a 1935 magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 28, 2022 Share #170 Posted September 28, 2022 27th Infantry Regiment with Hawaiian Division SSI from a 1933 magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 28, 2022 Share #171 Posted September 28, 2022 13th Field Artillery Regiment with Hawaiian Division SSI from a 1933 magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmanusnac Posted September 28, 2022 Share #172 Posted September 28, 2022 Captain (then 1st Lt) William A Gardner pictured in the 13th Infantry Regiment yearbook for 1942 while the 8th Division was at Fort Jackson. At the time he was in Company E, but would go on to command Company B when the unit went overseas. He was significantly wounded on July 13, the same day the regiment saw its first action of the war and returned stateside for medical treatment. He was medically retired as a Major in 1947. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 28, 2022 Share #173 Posted September 28, 2022 12th Infantry Regiment with 4th Infantry Division SSI from a 1933 magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 29, 2022 Share #174 Posted September 29, 2022 4th Engineers from a 1938 magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 29, 2022 Share #175 Posted September 29, 2022 12th Field Artillery of the 2nd Infantry Division from a 1938 issue of Army Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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