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1st Marine Division Blood Patch on Kim Hunter's Husband.


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One Captain William Baldwin at his wedding to actress Kim Hunter in 1944, no month seen, Baldwin is an Aviator! So not sure where the patch comes in, was he a liaison pilot in the division? did they have them?

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  • 2 weeks later...

My thanks to member USMCR79 who checked muster rolls and found his units in the earlier part of the war.

 

Name:William A Baldwin

Muster Date:Oct 1942

Rank:Second Lieutenant

Station:Marine Fighting Squadron One Twenty Two, Marine Aircraft Group Eleven, First Marine Aircraft Wing, Fleet Marine Force, C/O Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.

 

Name:William A Baldwin

Muster Date:Jan 1943

Rank:First Lieutenant

Station:Marine Fighting Squadron One Twenty Two, Marine Aircraft Group Furteen, First Marine Aircraft Wing, Fleet Marine Force, C/O Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.

 

This unit Marine Fighting Squadron One Twenty Two was on Henderson Field, so I guess there's the connection with the 1st Mar Div.

 

Though he should of worn the 1st MAW by then, I guess it was more of his being on the ground on the Canal in direct association with the 1st Mar Div.

 

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In addition, member believes he was a Korean War recall, you know like Ted Williams, but apparently served stateside in that conflict.

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I would think maybe he wore it having been on Guadalcanal. Maybe even just because it says "Guadalcanal", not necessarily because of a connection with the First Marine Division.

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