Salvage Sailor Posted May 17, 2021 Share #1 Posted May 17, 2021 Aloha Everyone, Interwar studio portraits sent home to the folks or sweethearts are great sources for documenting period details of uniform and insignia wear and often have interesting period decorative military frames too. Feel free to post some that you may have in your collections here. Interwar Private, Battery B collar discs, 8th Field Artillery DUI, Hawaiian (Taro) Division felt SSI Hawaiian Artillery Brigade, Hawaiian Division 1938 Schofield Barracks, T.H. Square pocket flaps, leather garrison belt & necktie Photograph and Military themed stand up frame from Hawaiian Photo Service, Honolulu, T.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted September 20, 2022 Interwar Coast Artilleryman's Portrait A Battery, 64th Coast Artillery (AA), Fort Shafter, T.H. circa 1924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted September 21, 2022 Share #3 Posted September 21, 2022 1st Division, 6th Field Artillery Regiment circa. 1925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted October 2, 2022 Infantry Sergeant Hawaiian Division Company D (no regiment on disc) with felt taro Division patch 1920's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted October 2, 2022 Corporal - Third Engineers Band Schofield Barracks, 1922-1925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted October 2, 2022 1st Lt, Corps of Engineers 3rd Engineers 1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted October 3, 2022 Share #7 Posted October 3, 2022 Some really great ones! Always look forward to your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted October 3, 2022 Share #8 Posted October 3, 2022 Some nice photos here. Here is one of mine. 1920's 2nd Division/20th Infantry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted October 8, 2022 Share #9 Posted October 8, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 11:46 PM, kiaiokalewa said: 1st Division, 6th Field Artillery Regiment circa. 1925 Hoosier Alexander Arch, fired first shot by American Army in WWI. Great photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted October 10, 2022 11th Field Artillery Regiment Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1921 Lieutenant Colonel Beverly F. Browne Commanding 11th Field Artillery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted October 10, 2022 Redleg Captain used an old photo in his blues in 1921 Captain Wm. J. Jones Battery "E" 11th F.A. Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted October 12, 2022 Share #12 Posted October 12, 2022 Major or Lt Col Thomas West Hammond, a friends fathers ancestor. DSM and WWI Victory with 3 stars. No numerals on his crossed rifles . (Was ist der regiment?) About 1930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted October 12, 2022 Share #13 Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, 12thengr said: Major or Lt Col Thomas West Hammond, a friends fathers ancestor. DSM and WWI Victory with 3 stars. No numerals on his crossed rifles . (Was ist der regiment?) About 1930. I found this picture of him on Find-A-Grave. He is wearing crossed rifles (infantry) with the numbers 206. I can't make out the shoulder sleeve insignia but maybe someone else can identify it. I found an entry on a muster roll dated March 31, 1925 showing him as a major with the 206th Inf and St. Paul Minnesota. The 106th Infantry was part of the Minnesota National Guard during this time period. He seems to have taught a number of years at the Army War College in Washington D.C. after WW1. There are like 3 pages of muster rolls for a Thomas W. Hammond and I picked out a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted October 12, 2022 Share #14 Posted October 12, 2022 Thanks Tonomachi, great information. He is either the father or more likely the uncle of a WWII Marine. Capt, later Major and Col. Bruce Hammond. If I may, do you have his Find-a-Grave I.D? I am a member. Thanks, JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted October 12, 2022 Share #15 Posted October 12, 2022 34 minutes ago, 12thengr said: If I may, do you have his Find-a-Grave I.D? I am a member. Thanks, JC Here is the link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49196926/thomas-west-hammond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share #16 Posted October 12, 2022 Musn't overlook the Interwar Devil Dogs... USMC Brigadier General Dion Williams CG 1925 Marine Maneuvers in Hawaii GEN. DION WILLIAMS, Commanding Division of Marines in Hawaii Apr 17, 1925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted October 13, 2022 Share #17 Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/11/2022 at 6:50 PM, Tonomachi said: I found this picture of him on Find-A-Grave. He is wearing crossed rifles (infantry) with the numbers 206. I can't make out the shoulder sleeve insignia but maybe someone else can identify it. I found an entry on a muster roll dated March 31, 1925 showing him as a major with the 206th Inf and St. Paul Minnesota. The 106th Infantry was part of the Minnesota National Guard during this time period. He seems to have taught a number of years at the Army War College in Washington D.C. after WW1. There are like 3 pages of muster rolls for a Thomas W. Hammond and I picked out a few. Patch in question was unit specific to the 206th Infantry Regiment. The officer wears a circular variant of the shoulder insignia. Below are two different examples of the units cloth insignia. The significance of the diamond shape is unknown to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share #18 Posted October 18, 2022 Expert Machine Gunner Company M, 27th Infantry 'Wolfhounds' Regiment, 1924 Interwar Gilt Discs, US over 27 & M under Rifles, Hawaiian 'Taro' Division felt patch Hat and Collar Disk detail Same Gunner, now a Corporal in the 'new' uniform unfortunately the photo is out of focus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share #19 Posted October 23, 2022 105th Company CAC, Fort Ruger, T.H. 1923 Hawaiian Department SSI & Interwar Collar Disks 105th Company Fort Ruger sign & '105' topiary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share #20 Posted November 14, 2022 USMC Pearl Harbor Naval Station (Marine Barracks) 1924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Sgt CES Posted December 23, 2022 Share #21 Posted December 23, 2022 There are some really nice photos here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 30 Author Share #22 Posted January 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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