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A nice period color photo of Colonel Richard B. Dunbar, commanding officer of the 111th Engineers, 36th Division, at Camp Bowie, Texas - 01/05/1941

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36th Infantry Division. Soldiers on left and right are wearing the DUI of the 143rd Infantry Regiment while the soldier in the center is wearing the DUI of the 111th Quartermaster Battalion. Camp Bowie, Texas. December 20, 1941.

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Lieutenant Ernest Childers of the 45th Infantry Division (left) offers a cigarette to his former schoolmate at ChiloccChio Indian School, Sergeant Bill Goforth of the 102nd Infantry Division. June 3, 1944. Note Lt. Childers is wearing the ribbon for the Medal Of Honor earned in Italy in 1943.

 

 

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On 7/30/2020 at 11:38 AM, seanmc1114 said:

Private First Class Jack C. Lewis home on a 30-day furlough from the Army General Hospital in Springfield, Missouri in April 1945. He arrived back in this U.S. in March 1945 after serving overseas 18 months with the 2nd Infantry Division where he was wounded in action December 14, 1944.

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Wow look how he's wearing an Officers Chocolate Shirt, most unauthorized, but then he's home on leave and a lot of things go.

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9 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

Sergeant of the VIII Corps at Camp Wolters, Texas - December 13, 1941.

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Curious on the unit with the French Rope,

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Nice couples photo

 

Navy enlisted with Gunner Sleeve rate and wearing Air Combat Crew badge on left breast. Army enlisted with 13th AF. I have 3 other photos of the same family name I got this weekend. Grabbed them randomly from the photo stacks as they were all uniform shots. I'll post those in another section.     

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On 7/31/2020 at 2:16 PM, seanmc1114 said:

Lieutenant Ernest Childers of the 45th Infantry Division (left) offers a cigarette to his former schoolmate at ChiloccChio Indian School, Sergeant Bill Goforth of the 102nd Infantry Division. June 3, 1944. Note Lt. Childers is wearing the ribbon for the Medal Of Honor earned in Italy in 1943.

 

 

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This is a great shot! The first thing that caught my eye, is the MOH ribbon is upside down. I know, I know, picky, picky. 

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Philippine Division 

 

"Spectators at the Texas Christian University (TCU) vs. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (A&M) game included Colonel John P. Horan, Houston, Texas, who attended his first football game after 39 months in a Japanese prison camp. Left to right are the colonel's brothers, J. W. Horan and C. W. Horan, his son, First Lieutenant Robert M. Horan, and Colonel and Mrs. Horan. Colonel Horan and his son are wearing their military uniforms."

 

Date Created: 1945-09-21

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Artillery officers of the 86th Division on leave after returning from Europe prior to redeployment to the Pacific - June 1945.

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Anti-Aircraft Command - April 1, 1946

 

"Corporal Joseph O. Quintero was recently discharged from the United States Army. The veteran survived one of medical history's most makeshift operations and endured Japanese beatings during his convalescence in prisoner camp. Corporal Quintero suffered appendicitis while being transferred on a Japanese freighter to the Philippians as a Prisoner of War. An American officer used a razor blade and a spoon to remove the infected appendix and standard cotton string for the sutures. Corporal Quintero spent forty-three months as a prisoner. He dealt with infection and dropped to ninety-five pounds by the time he was liberated. He wears a Purple Heart for his injuries and a Silver Star for saving the life of a buddy. Corporal Quintero is shown sitting on a bench, dressed in his military uniform. He plans to begin his civilian life by returning to school."

 

Note he is wearing two stars on his American Defense Service Medal ribbon.

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Army Service Forces with an Engineer Special Brigades SSI on his pocket.

 

"Meeting to discuss the Trinity River Development program, left to right, are Lieutenant General R. A. Wheeler and Colonel Henry Hutchings Junior. General Wheeler is chief of the Army engineers and in charge of a flood control and rivers program. He is dressed in a military uniform. Colonel Hutchings is the new Southwest division Army engineer. He is dressed in his military uniform. General Wheeler is Colonel Hutchings direct supervisor.

Date Created: 1946-04-23"

 

It's hard to make it out, but General Wheeler is wearing the Southeast Asia Command SSI as a combat patch.

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Major General Fred L. Walker, commander of the 36th Infantry Division, presents the Legion Of Merit to Lieutenant Colonel James L. Minor. January 1, 1946. 

 

Notice the general is wearing a standard 36th SSI, while the Lt. Col. is still wearing the arrowhead on circular background insignia common pre-war.

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Unknown Chinese Army patch.

 

"Captain Robert E. Erisman wearing a military uniform. He spent 13 months of duty attached to the Chinese Army. He was assigned as a veterinary officer to look after the pack mules and horses used by General Li's army. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Erisman. Captain Erisman played halfback on the Ernest Parker Junior High football team in 1925-1926, was on the Polytechnic High team in 1927-1928, and was graduated in 1929. He worked his way through Texas A&M and was graduated there in 1937, practicing at Ennis as a veterinarian until he was called to active duty in the Army in 1912. He went to China in September, 1943. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, November 5, 1944."

Date Created: 1944-11-03

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Odd variation, possibly theater made, of the Eighth Air Force SSI

 

"Lieutenant Colonel Andrew F. Price, left, is presenting the Bronze Star Medal to his former Army tentmate, Lieutenant Colonel J. Heg Johnson, center. The presentation is taking place during ceremonies at the luncheon of the Business and Professional Men's Post of the American Legion at the Blackstone Hotel. An unidentified man wearing a military uniform is standing at the far right. The lieutenant colonels are wearing their respective uniforms."

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1945-07-10

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