patches Posted April 16, 2018 Share #101 Posted April 16, 2018 Excellent photos and background story Capt C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptCav Posted April 16, 2018 Share #102 Posted April 16, 2018 Thank you, Patches. Having trouble loading the M-26 pic, but I'll get 'er done, lol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share #103 Posted April 16, 2018 Attached are a few pix of my dad in 1950. At that time, he had just made 1st Lt, w/the 16th Inf, 1st Inf Div in Furth, Germany. He served as an infantry PSG w/ I Co, 409th Inf Regt, 103d ID in WWII. After WWII, he served w/the 351st Inf in Trieste, Italy and then graduated from OCS in 1949. In a deal straight out of "From Here To Eternity", the Regimental CO offered him a branch transfer to Armor and platoon leader of a tank platoon in Tank Co, 16th Infantry if my dad would play baseball on the 16th team. The first pic shows my dad in his M-26 at Graf (note 103d Inf Div HM patch on his right shoulder. The other 2 pix show him in his 16th Inf baseball uniform, at Soldiers' Field, c 1951. That simple decision to play ball, led to a very long career in which he retired from JCS as an O-6 in 1970. Ain't life strange? That uniform is fantastic! I'm betting that he didn't get to bring that home. Thanks for sharing these photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share #104 Posted April 16, 2018 I'm a die-hard Orioles fan and any team that beats the Yankees and Red Sox. With that said I have these two baseballs in my collection. One is a baseball that was given to a Colonel Chapman by the Regimental Baseball Team in 1954. It is an Official Coast League Baseball and it is signed by the team. Unfortunately there is no reference to what regiment it happens to be or location. The second baseball is pretty interesting. It is an official Ford Frick National League Baseball with USN also printed on it. As you can see the ball was hit by Lee Handley in a game played between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the team from Bainbridge Naval Training Center in August of 1945. Handley was a MLB infielder from 1936 until 1947 with the Reds Pirates and Phillies. The game ended in a 3-3 tie and the ball was sent home to the father of one of the Navy players. It was sent to him in the Barbosol box that I have shown. I at first thought that it was a promotional baseball from Barbosal but it must have contained a shaving mug at one time and it just happened it was the same size as a baseball box the ball fit perfectly inside. I also have a few photos of baseball games being played during the war but they are deep in the pile somewhere. While looking over this interesting topic I remembered when I was stationed down at Ft. Stewart that I had taken a trip out to Tybee Island. While on the trip I had stopped at a Civil War fort on the way. I only mention this because I remembered that there was a sign at the fort that stated that the earliest known photo of a baseball game was taken at the fort, the photo was also on the sign. I honestly did not remember the name of the fort but with a little bit of research I found the place and also the photo. The photo was taken on the parade ground in Fort Pulaski sometime in 1862 after the Union Troops seized control of the fort. The game is being played by a Union Regiment from New York. With the research I did it stated that the photo is one of the earliest known of a baseball game. I thought it was kind of fitting that one of the earliest baseball photos is also military related. I also cannot help myself but if the New York regiment was playing against a regiment from any other state, or even CSA POW's, I hope they lost. The photo is from the National Park Services Fort Pulaski web site. image(16).jpg image(17).jpg Fantastic balls and history. The Frick National League ball is from 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share #105 Posted April 19, 2018 11th Field Artillery belt buckle - Hawaiian Division Baseball Champions 1935 Would you have photos of the back of this buckle - any maker's marks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 19, 2018 Share #106 Posted April 19, 2018 It's posted on the Belt Buckle topic, and here's another example that Hink has USS LEXINGTON No maker's mark on the back side. There is only a U.S. Patent date of 1923 on the reverse. 11TH FIELD ARTILLERY Hawaiian Division (Baseball) Champions 1935 Schofield Barracks Hawaii 11th F(ield) A(rtillery) R.J.Bullard Myers & Myers Jewelers Kansas City, MO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share #107 Posted April 19, 2018 Thank you for providing that. It looked similar to one I just landed (now shared on that thread) with some of the Art Deco design elements, though that's where the similarities end. It's posted on the Belt Buckle topic, and here's another example that Hink has USS LEXINGTON http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/248273-post-your-buckles-with-or-without-the-belt/?p=1983427 11TH FIELD ARTILLERY http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/248273-post-your-buckles-with-or-without-the-belt/?p=1985810 Hawaiian Division (Baseball) Champions 1935 Schofield Barracks Hawaii 11th F(ield) A(rtillery) R.J.Bullard Myers & Myers Jewelers Kansas City, MO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Grunt Posted November 29, 2018 Share #108 Posted November 29, 2018 32nd Infantry Regiment Baseball Team - Circa 1946 - Korean Occupation (Hand Painted Jerseys) These pictures were taken in 1946 during the Korean Occupation - 31st Infantry Field .. This game features the 32nd Infantry playing the 7th Infantry Division Maintenance Team. These pictures were taken in 1946 during the Korean Occupation - 31st Infantry Field .. This game features the 32nd Infantry playing the 7th Infantry Division Maintenance Team. These pictures were taken in 1946 during the Korean Occupation - 31st Infantry Field .. This game features the 32nd Infantry playing the 7th Infantry Division Maintenance Team. These pictures were taken in 1946 during the Korean Occupation - 31st Infantry Field .. This game features the 32nd Infantry playing the 7th Infantry Division Maintenance Team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 1, 2018 Share #109 Posted December 1, 2018 From my Pineapple Army collection 11th Field Artillery DRAGONS Hawaiian Division 1937 Season schedule at home, Sargent Field, Schofield Barracks, T.H. From my Pineapple Army collection 11th Field Artillery DRAGONS vs.18th Pursuit Group, Hawaiian Division July 11th, 1937 at Stribling Field, Schofield Barracks, T.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 1, 2018 Share #110 Posted December 1, 2018 Believe this is the 10th Infantry Baseball Team Ft Thomas Kentucky circa 1930. The 9th Cavalry Baseball Team DA Russell Wyoming 1922. And this from the Great War, the 317th Engineer Regiment, 92nd Division Baseball Team Cp Sherman Ohio 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmerc20 Posted December 3, 2018 Share #111 Posted December 3, 2018 As our museum has been progressing over the past few years, I saw that sports were a major part of Camp Butner (I know that was pretty much the case everywhere). In 1943, the 78th Infantry Division held a divisional tournament with teams from the different regiments. I hope someday the museum will find one of their jerseys! In 1944 and 1945, the camp itself had it's own team that had some MLB players on the team and even had the great Wake Forest basketball coach "Bones" McKinney playing for them. A few years ago we found a small newspaper clipping lot on eBay that had a nice signal corps photo where the Camp Butner Jersey can clearly be seen. I wanted to get a repro jersey made but they sadly had a minimum order quantity. Mike The signal corps photo was used for this article Bones is the tall one in the back row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 3, 2018 Share #112 Posted December 3, 2018 US NAVAL HOSPITAL AIEA HEIGHTS (No. 10), Oahu, Territory of Hawaii 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share #113 Posted December 3, 2018 These pictures were taken in 1946 during the Korean Occupation - 31st Infantry Field .. This game features the 32nd Infantry playing the 7th Infantry Division Maintenance Team. 002c.jpg These are fantastic photos...and in color, no less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share #114 Posted December 3, 2018 US NAVAL HOSPITAL AIEA HEIGHTS (No. 10), Oahu, Territory of Hawaii 1944 I have a scorecard from the Aiea NH vs the 7th AAF from 1944. What publication is this page from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share #115 Posted December 3, 2018 As our museum has been progressing over the past few years, I saw that sports were a major part of Camp Butner (I know that was pretty much the case everywhere). In 1943, the 78th Infantry Division held a divisional tournament with teams from the different regiments. I hope someday the museum will find one of their jerseys! In 1944 and 1945, the camp itself had it's own team that had some MLB players on the team and even had the great Wake Forest basketball coach "Bones" McKinney playing for them. A few years ago we found a small newspaper clipping lot on eBay that had a nice signal corps photo where the Camp Butner Jersey can clearly be seen. I wanted to get a repro jersey made but they sadly had a minimum order quantity. Mike If I see one, I will reach out to you. I've been watching for jerseys for years and so few surface. Ebbets Field Flannels has no minimum requirement. They just reproduced a 29th ID jersey from a photo in my archive for the retiring head researcher of the 29th ID Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share #116 Posted December 3, 2018 The 9th Cavalry Baseball Team DA Russell Wyoming 1922. 9th.jpg Awesome photos!! This is the sort of history that must be published! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 3, 2018 Share #117 Posted December 3, 2018 I have a scorecard from the Aiea NH vs the 7th AAF from 1944. What publication is this page from? US Naval Hospital Aiea Heights, T.H. 1944 Photos & Roster http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/320026-us-naval-hospital-aiea-heights-th-1944-photos-roster/ Top of page 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share #118 Posted December 3, 2018 US Naval Hospital Aiea Heights, T.H. 1944 Photos & Roster http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/320026-us-naval-hospital-aiea-heights-th-1944-photos-roster/ Top of page 23 Thanks a great piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share #119 Posted December 3, 2018 Here is one of my programs from the Navy All Star Championship Series (American versus National League players serving in the Navy), September-October, 1945. ...or how about this scorecard from the 1944 Central Pacific League game between the Aiea Naval Hospital and the 7th AAF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbrown189 Posted December 29, 2018 Share #120 Posted December 29, 2018 Joe DiMaggio in 1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share #121 Posted December 30, 2018 Joe DiMaggio in 1943 Famous photo. I'm wondering what they used as a basis for coloring the image. It is hard to determine shades and colors from black and white images. Even Ebbets Field Flannels had an issue with this in their 7th AAF jersey. They deemed the shell was black when in reality it was a dark shade of green (Charlie Silvera described them in a letter to my friend) as they were "borrowed" from a base softball team upon the assembling of the 7th squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 9, 2019 Share #122 Posted February 9, 2019 On 3/7/2016 at 11:43 AM, Salvage Sailor said: Baseball he says...... L Troop, 4th US Cavalry Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii 1915 Nice jersey you've posted, wish I had the checkered ballcap in this photo Another one from the 4th US Cavalry, this time 1913, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1st US Infantry Regiment Baseball Team 1912 Schofield Barracks, T.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share #123 Posted February 9, 2019 Another one from the 4th US Cavalry, this time 1913, Schofield Barracks, T.H. I love these two photos! If you have high resolutions scans, I'd be happy to work on them and bring out the images in greater detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted February 12, 2019 Share #124 Posted February 12, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share #125 Posted February 12, 2019 2019_0211RAIDERUSMC0015.JPG 2019_0211RAIDERUSMC0016.JPG 2019_0211RAIDERUSMC0017.JPG That is such a gorgeous jacket and so indicative of what we were still having made (for deployments) in the 80s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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