easterneagle87 Posted January 15, 2023 Share #1 Posted January 15, 2023 Pretty telling, and they aren't pretty. I'd like to ID the period. Quilted uniforms made me think of North Korean or Chinese soldiers. Helmets and leg wraps look Japanese. There are helmets on the ground (look Japanese as well) and one, as best as I can get magnified, appears to have a Police badge on the face of it. Not a star and more rounded and not straight up and down like a Landing Force Anchor. Scanning the photos more, I see one of the US Sailor / Corpsman is wearing a 2nd Class crow. Thoughts on time frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal03 Posted January 15, 2023 Share #2 Posted January 15, 2023 interesting images. I would lean towards taken during the Korean War. I know the North Koreas used some captured WWII Japanese gear. But I would also think some Chinese troops would have had some captured gear as well. But I would bet it is Korean War communist forces regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted January 15, 2023 Share #3 Posted January 15, 2023 The Corpsman rate is the WW2 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted January 15, 2023 I posted this L-5 shot in the aircraft section, but it was included in the lot I got. So that's why I'm leaning towards Korean War era. Additionally, you don't often see cold weather or quilted uniforms on Japanese soldiers in KIA shots. AND I don't think these are of the Aleutian Campaign. Look at the overcoat/parka the GI's are wearing. They may be Marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share #5 Posted January 16, 2023 Seller told me they took care of the widow. Here is the veteran's headstone. Served in WW2 and Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted January 16, 2023 Share #6 Posted January 16, 2023 Could it be the Aleutians? Looks cold like Iwo but perhaps earlier. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Sgt CES Posted January 17, 2023 Share #7 Posted January 17, 2023 I am going with Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted January 17, 2023 Share #8 Posted January 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, 1st Sgt CES said: I am going with Korea They didn’t use that rate in Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Sgt CES Posted January 17, 2023 Share #9 Posted January 17, 2023 When it comes to issue items----- the government would issue stuff till it ran out in some cases---- I have a 1943 dated USMC uniform that was issued to a guy in 1957 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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