USMC Museum....OSS

[TLeo]

I was just up at the Museum of the Marine Corps and saw these two displays regarding USMC in the OSS in Europe. I didn't make note of who the jacket belonged to I should have made a quick note, but I thought it worth sharing due to the unusual subject matter. The medal group belonged to a Marine and post war actor Peter Ortiz and I recall him being discussed in another topic on actors in service as well as OSS. I did not find his decorations posted here, so here is a group belonging to him....(sorry for the glare...the case was in a bad place for lighting.)

 

 

[TLeo]

Ortiz group...

 

 

[Kadet]

Very interesting! I need to take another trip there, as they seem to have expanded their displays. The "Ike" jacket is amazing. It appears to be a Brit modified uniform. The SF wings on the jacket also appear to be the less commonly seen variant that you tend to see from American recipients...Thanks for posting!

[TLeo]

That is what I thought it looked like as well when I saw it. They have added/changed some displays from last year when I was there.

This trip was even better, as while i was there, I also got to see the Silent Drill Platoon perform that afternoon at the museum.

[Alec]

Here is the detail on the uniform. The OSS material at the museum is on loan from a friend of mine.

 

I suppose interested parties should know that the exhibited uniform was worn by GySgt. Robert LaSalle and was altered by a British tailor in Manchester, England in the summer of 1944. Bob was one of 20 hand-picked Marines sent to Scotland in 1941 to train with the British Commandoes. He also trained with British paratroopers.

[Kadet]

Thanks! That is an amazingly rare uniform....Lasalle was one of Ortiz's men on Union II

[TLeo]

Thanks for providing the name.

[Alec]

Better picture of uniform

[Alec]

Jack Risler's Uniform

[Alec]

Lasalle's medals

[Alec]

Risler's Medals

[Kadet]

WOW....