CNY Militaria Posted March 2, 2017 Share #1 Posted March 2, 2017 Major General Pugh was The G2 of I Corps and General Jonathan Wainwright's aide at Corregidor before the fall of the Philippines in WWII. When the call was made, then Lt. Col. Pugh carried the white flag of surrender to the Japanese, and worked with Gen. Wainwright on the infamous speech of surrender to US troops over the radio. He was ordered to leave the Island, but refused to leave the General's side, thereby spending three years as a Prisoner of War. After the war, he served in a variety of airborne related assignments, culminating in command of the 3rd Armored Division from 1962-64, and VI Corps from 1964-66. Note that this is the EXACT uniform that Gen. Pugh is wearing in his portrait photo. I also obtained his dress white and khaki uniforms with identical insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Garandomatic Posted March 2, 2017 Share #6 Posted March 2, 2017 Very cool. Nice to meet you, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted March 2, 2017 Share #7 Posted March 2, 2017 Amazing! I have never seen an embroidered GS ID badge before. Thanks a lot for posting, Justin B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan Posted March 2, 2017 Share #8 Posted March 2, 2017 Most amazing indeed. Both the jacket and MG Pugh. I have never seen a better Class A Dress Green jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted March 2, 2017 Most amazing indeed. Both the jacket and MG Pugh. I have never seen a better Class A Dress Green jacket. Dan, I agree. I have owned a lot of dress green uniforms, but this one is at the top as far as presentation. If only they all had this quality of insignia! Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swag Posted March 2, 2017 Share #10 Posted March 2, 2017 Will you be posting pix of the dress whites and khakis? Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakleaf777 Posted March 6, 2017 Share #11 Posted March 6, 2017 Even without the incredible history associated with the uniform, the detail and quality of the embroidery is amazing. Looking forward to pics of the white and the khaki uniforms if you could post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted March 6, 2017 Here is the khaki...I will post the White one soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 6, 2017 Share #13 Posted March 6, 2017 Here are a couple of photos of the general, including one reviewing troops in Germany with President Kennedy in June 1963 as commander of the 3rd Armored Division . I'm always amazed at these soldiers who endured so much as POW's yet remained on active duty for years after their release. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jrpugh.htm Question: His Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon has a silver and bronze star indicating participation in six campaigns. Yet the only campaign star authorized for his time before capture was for "Philippines Islands" (7 December 1941 - 10 May 1942). Under what criteria did POW's continue to earn campaign stars while in captivity? Was it for being present in the geographical area covered by subsequent campaigns? Also, I'm curious how he would have earned the American Campaign ribbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 6, 2017 Share #14 Posted March 6, 2017 Another photo of the general with President Kennedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 6, 2017 Share #15 Posted March 6, 2017 More photos of the general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share #16 Posted March 13, 2017 Thank you for posting these great photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share #17 Posted May 5, 2017 To the top for the 75th anniversary tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaigun Shosa Posted May 30, 2017 Share #18 Posted May 30, 2017 Question: His Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon has a silver and bronze star indicating participation in six campaigns. Yet the only campaign star authorized for his time before capture was for "Philippines Islands" (7 December 1941 - 10 May 1942). Under what criteria did POW's continue to earn campaign stars while in captivity? Was it for being present in the geographical area covered by subsequent campaigns? That was my first question when I saw his Asiatic Campaign with silver star and bronze star device! I have seen some Corregidor Marine and Army POW groups with the one bronze star on their campaign ribbon (make sense) but to have a silver star?!? Hopefully someone can shed the light on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 30, 2017 Share #19 Posted May 30, 2017 That was my first question when I saw his Asiatic Campaign with silver star and bronze star device! I have seen some Corregidor Marine and Army POW groups with the one bronze star on their campaign ribbon (make sense) but to have a silver star?!? Hopefully someone can shed the light on this. I've wondered the same thing. He obviously wore the ribbon with those devices, but how he qualified for six campaigns is beyond me... Maybe whomever purchased the uniforms could shed some light on the devices once they do some in-depth research? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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