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Always love to see a nice Pacific Theater uniform or group to an Army vet, and I would very much like to see what all of you have!! One of my favorite uniforms in fact would have to be this 96th uniform to a medical officer who was on Leyte and Okinawa who narrowly survived being killed by a Japanese plane (believe it was a kamikaze) crashing down on his campsite on Okinawa!7C927589-D04B-4469-9EA1-82D6694184AD.jpeg.efc4f0c448e7bf2fd56284ad8ed70315.jpeg

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Here’s my favorite one!  Probably not my rarest, or most expensive, but it’s just got a certain charm that never seems to get old.  The tunic, shirt and pants belonged to Tech 5. Elmer Bohn, who did four campaigns with the First Cavalry division’s medical unit.  I wish I knew more about what he did over there, but information is sparse.

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18 hours ago, CavalryCombatant said:

Here’s my favorite one!  Probably not my rarest, or most expensive, but it’s just got a certain charm that never seems to get old.  The tunic, shirt and pants belonged to Tech 5. Elmer Bohn, who did four campaigns with the First Cavalry division’s medical unit.  I wish I knew more about what he did over there, but information is sparse.

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Very nice.

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3 hours ago, Timberwolf said:

Here are a few of mine:

 

 

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These are amazing!! The 93rd is especially cool, hope I can get a uniform or group to them one of these days. Awesome collection of PTO uniforms.

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T/5 Don Whitmeyer Svc Co, 130th IR, 33 ID. Fought in the Philippines and served occupation in Japan. Sadly Don was killed in a car crash at 22 years old, only about a year after coming home from the Pacific. 

The uniform came from eBay, and the flag was a gift from his family when I reached out. 

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On 11/11/2022 at 10:38 AM, T1gertank519 said:

T/5 Don Whitmeyer Svc Co, 130th IR, 33 ID. Fought in the Philippines and served occupation in Japan. Sadly Don was killed in a car crash at 22 years old, only about a year after coming home from the Pacific. 

The uniform came from eBay, and the flag was a gift from his family when I reached out. 

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Super amazing.

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I don’t wanna drown the thread, I’ll just show my PTO airborne guys (most of them have more) all from The 511th PIR.

 

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On 11/12/2022 at 6:36 PM, Trevor M. Larson said:

I don’t wanna drown the thread, I’ll just show my PTO airborne guys (most of them have more) all from The 511th PIR.

 

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You’re quite alright. Very nice display!

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Here are a few.

 

The last one was a PTO/ETO vet.  He spent 2 years in Alaska, some or all of in Hq Co 1st Bn, 138th Infantry.

 

 

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11 minutes ago, postmanusnac said:

Here are a few.

 

The last one was a PTO/ETO vet.  He spent 2 years in Alaska, some or all of in Hq Co 1st Bn, 138th Infantry.

 

 

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That’s a very cool uniform.  What patch is on the left sleeve?  And I wonder why the 75th ID is on the right.  Perhaps he was transferred from the 75th to another division after WWII ended?

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The other side is the 66th ID, but don't know what regiment he went to though to go home.  He was wounded January 16, 1945 in Belgium with Co G, 289th Infantry.

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1 hour ago, postmanusnac said:

Here are a few.

 

The last one was a PTO/ETO vet.  He spent 2 years in Alaska, some or all of in Hq Co 1st Bn, 138th Infantry.

 

 

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Would you at all be willing to part with any of these? Specifically the double theater vet but ESPECIALLY the 38th ID uniform if that’s named? It’s my favorite division, I’m highly interested. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing uniforms. Really good ones!

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8 hours ago, Juadalcanal said:

Would you at all be willing to part with any of these? Specifically the double theater vet but ESPECIALLY the 38th ID uniform if that’s named? It’s my favorite division, I’m highly interested. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing uniforms. Really good ones!

Thanks!  They are show and tell only though.  All of them are named/id except for the Americal.

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9 hours ago, militbuff said:

That must have been one long war for that private!  Any idea how old he was?  He must have been in over 4 years.

He was born in 1919 and served from late 41 to late 45. Made it to Pfc.  
 

The o/s bars seem to have sewn on too low and there was no room for a service stripe.

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17 hours ago, postmanusnac said:

Here are a few.

 

The last one was a PTO/ETO vet.  He spent 2 years in Alaska, some or all of in Hq Co 1st Bn, 138th Infantry.

 

 

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Top notch killer uniforms of many hard to find tough fighting divisions! 

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The only one I have but it’s not identified.

 

The photo came with it and appears to represent his earlier military career.

 

The wing is not his.

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5 hours ago, Trevor M. Larson said:

Top notch killer uniforms of many hard to find tough fighting divisions! 

Thanks man.  These are some of these are among my favorites.

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For an ETO army collector I’ve actually gathered a few nice PTO pieces although most come from vets who had double theater service.

 

FSSF was one of the Kiska guys, including the winter m41 they wore for that campaign, 1st ID was in the Aleutians with the 53rd Infantry Regiment until late 1943 when he graduated OCS, 103rd ID started out with a coastal artillery unit in Alaska (I can’t recall at the moment), and the photographer still working on an ID for

 

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Wanted to get this one in while it was still the anniversary… 81 years ago this man was at Hickam Field with the 58th BS during the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
 

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