johnny12550 Posted November 24, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 24, 2018 As part of a small grouping that the vet gave me 20 years ago. This was brought back by Sergeant Bernhard Schmidt of the 221st Medical Company. He said he picked it up in Luzon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted November 24, 2018 Flag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badash5946 Posted November 24, 2018 Share #3 Posted November 24, 2018 Nice, esp with the photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEABEE SON Posted November 24, 2018 Share #4 Posted November 24, 2018 That’s super! Nice to see the provenance so clearly supported in the period photo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted November 24, 2018 Share #5 Posted November 24, 2018 Great flag especially with photo! Bobgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww2marine Posted November 24, 2018 Share #6 Posted November 24, 2018 Great looking flag with awesome provenance! If you havent done so already, I would recommend messaging member Eric Queen. He can probably translate some of it for you and get the Japanese soldier's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted November 24, 2018 That would be nice if it could be translated. I was going to frame it and have a little plaque made up having Schmidt's name along with unit info and where it was captured. If I could find out the Japanese soldiers name I would also include that. He did tell me that the soldier he took it from was dead and it was inside his shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted November 24, 2018 Share #8 Posted November 24, 2018 Great flag and photo!!!!.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted November 24, 2018 Share #9 Posted November 24, 2018 Great piece of history there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted November 24, 2018 I also have his uniform, dog tags, Jump wings and medals as well as his discharge, jump certificate and a few other photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor M. Larson Posted November 24, 2018 Share #11 Posted November 24, 2018 Always love seeing 11th airborne items! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1canpara Posted November 25, 2018 Share #12 Posted November 25, 2018 Very nice! Congrats! It would be very interesting to see what the flag says! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted November 25, 2018 Share #13 Posted November 25, 2018 (1) 祈 = inori = "praying for" (2) 武運長久 = buunchoukyuu = "continued luck in the fortunes of war" (3) (贈 given/presented to) 堂崎 = Douzaki (surname) 正 = Tadashi or Masashi (given name, can be read both ways) 君 = kun = "Mr" for young men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share #14 Posted November 25, 2018 Thanks to Eric Queen for the translation!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted November 25, 2018 Share #15 Posted November 25, 2018 No problem. The rest are just names of well wishers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted November 25, 2018 Share #16 Posted November 25, 2018 Awesome!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted November 26, 2018 Share #17 Posted November 26, 2018 Man what an awesome find, would love to see the rest of the group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #18 Posted November 27, 2018 Dog Tags and Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #19 Posted November 27, 2018 Jump card, jump photos and one with Schmidt wearing a Swing cap and Paratrooper folding stock carbine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #20 Posted November 27, 2018 Presidential document and Jump certificate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #21 Posted November 27, 2018 Discharge Document. I also have his Ike jacket, but it's in storage. Once I dig it out I can post the pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #22 Posted November 27, 2018 I almost forgot the bayonet. Its the one in the picture. I asked for the rifle, but he said he no longer had it. When I met him we were both living in Brooklyn, so I think he just didn't want to bring it out for fear of getting in trouble. Possession of a rifle in NYC would be trouble with the Police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted November 27, 2018 Share #23 Posted November 27, 2018 Discharge Document. I also have his Ike jacket, but it's in storage. Once I dig it out I can post the picsWow, nice his discharge says Knickerbocker ave, I could walk in 15 to 20 minutes from my house and be at at address. Small world Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny12550 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #24 Posted November 27, 2018 He still lived in that area when I met him. I bumped into him at an old bar at the corner of St Nicholas Ave. and Palmetto Street. The Sailor you see in the old pics was also there, his name was John. The owner was also a WWII vet who inherited the bar from his father. There was another vet that was there, but I can't remember his name. Bernie explained to me that there were 5 of them that used to drink in the bar before the war and continued to meet at the bar for all those years after the war. He said that the 5th guy did not make it back, he was in the AAC and died in Europe. The remaining 4 were at the bar when I was hanging out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted November 27, 2018 Share #25 Posted November 27, 2018 Nice story, my dad was in the 11th abn div during the war, always hung out with a guy in one of the local bars that was also in the 11th. His name was George? I know St Nicholas and palmetto st's well I think there a bar on the corner called two something? cannot remember. Was a very nice neighborhood years ago. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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