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Pineapple Army 21st Infantry 'Gimlet' Regiment at Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1921-1941


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craig_pickrall

Naw, no rewards for us. I might get an extra ton of coal to shovel to keep the boilers burning.

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Excellent set of photos. Really gives a good portrait of the soldiers stationed at Schofield during the time.

 

Considering the rough economic times that folks were going through on the Mainland, who wouldn't want to be in the Army and stationed in Hawaii?

 

I really get a kick out of those high top boots.... they had to be miserable in the heat.

 

It's nice to see this many photos together as a set.

 

I haven't been to Schofield since 1989, but the place is timeless. I bet the old quad areas still look like this.

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Johan Willaert
This is my best guess on CKC and I'll stick with it until someone tells us what it really means.

 

CKC = Cotton Khaki Cloth

 

Tropical worstered wool would have been available for dressy uniforms.

 

Yes, it seems CKC indeed was Hawaian Army slang for Cotton Khaki Clothing...

 

The first paragraph in this April 1944 letter confirms this:

 

http://libweb.hawaii.edu/libdept/archives/...944/h440411.pdf

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Love the topic! Love the detail! And love that the photos are still together, not broken up to the four winds! Thanks for posting all of these.

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Salvage Sailor

At the time when these photographs were taken the Hawaiian Division was still 'square' with four regiments of infantry divided between two brigades of two regiments each. It was also the only 'full' division in the entire interwar US Army.

 

This is the hard to find 21st Infantry Brigade DI (N.S. Meyer Screwback) which consisted of the 21st Infantry 'Gimlets' and the 19th Infantry 'Rock of Chickamauga' Regiments. The Hawaiian Division & the 21st Infantry Brigade was disbanded on October 1st, 1941 when both of these regiments were reorganized under the new triangular 24th Infantry Division. Initially it also had 299th Infantry Regiment from the Hawaii National Guard but they were replaced by the 34th Infantry Regiment. The 299th was broken up to form the cadre of the 100th Niisei Battalion and the independent 442 RCT

 

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Yardlong Detail - White Gloves & Shined Shoes

Company E of the 21st Infantry Regiment (Gimlet) at Schofield Barracks, T.H. in October of 1935

 

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Sgt John Bilek E Co 21st Inf 18OCT1935 WWI DSC 26TH IR 1ST ID Citation 001.jpg

 

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21st Infantry Regiment 'Gimlets', N.S. Meyer screwbacks

 

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On 5/25/2021 at 4:41 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

Yardlong Detail - White Gloves & Shined Shoes

Company E of the 21st Infantry Regiment (Gimlet) at Schofield Barracks, T.H. in October of 1935

 

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Sgt John Bilek E Co 21st Inf 18OCT1935 WWI DSC 26TH IR 1ST ID Citation 001.jpg

 

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Salvage Sailor
On 5/25/2021 at 1:41 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

Yardlong Detail - White Gloves & Shined Shoes

Company E of the 21st Infantry Regiment (Gimlet) at Schofield Barracks, T.H. in October of 1935

 

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Sgt John Bilek E Co 21st Inf 18OCT1935 WWI DSC 26TH IR 1ST ID Citation 001.jpg

 

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Grave Marker John Bilek.jpg

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Salvage Sailor

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"B" COMPANY, 1st BATTALION, 21st UNITED STATES INFANTRY REGIMENT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, T.H., 1941

On the eve of World War II in the Hawaiian Islands

 

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Each Company in the Regiment had their own specific insignia art (this being Co. B)  I'll post the others later on.

 

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Yes, the same Henry Mucci of the Rangers.  If you back up a bit you'll see him in several of the photos

 

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21st Infantry Regiment Pack Train

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Note the Crossed Infantry Rifles on the Mules Foreheads

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21st Infantry Regiment Command 1937

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21st Infantry Parade Formation 1937

Schofield Barracks, T.H.

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Portee Machine Guns, 21st IR

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Machine Gun & Medical Section

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Signals 21st IR

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21st Infantry (Gimlet) Regiment, Company E (excerpt)

October 1935 Schofield Barracks, T.H.

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Although many men in the Company, including the CO 1st LT Robert B. McCleave, are wearing marksmanship badges,

not one man has a medal, except their First Sergeant John M. Bilek wearing his recently awarded DSC

 

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