Most baseball fans with knowledge of the game's history are familiar with the name "Pesky" and his legacy at Fenway Park in Boston. Red Sox shortstop Johnny Pesky led the American League in hits in each of his first three seasons; 1942, 1946-47. The right field foul pole affectionately bears his name due to Pesky "wrapping" some of his Fenway Park homeruns around it. After his 1942 rookie campaign, Johnny enlisted into the Navy in 1943, joining Ted Williams in the Navy's V-5 flight training program.  Pesky's younger brother, Vincent, a semi-pro pitcher who had been offered a contract with the Yankees, enlisted into the Navy months prior as a hospital apprentice and was assigned to NAS Pasco (Washington) where he served and played on the base's baseball team in 1943. He was sent to NTC Bainbridge for training in the Tunney Athletic Program and was re-designated as an athletic specialist and sent to Naval Air Station Seattle. For the 1944 baseball season, he joined Fred Hutchinson as part of a 1-2 punch of dynamic starting pitchers as the "Navalairs" that dominated the Pacific Northwest Service League.    After playing for the Navalairs briefly in 1945, Vincent Pesky was transferred to TADCEN at Shoemaker and was added to the Fleet Center "Bluejackets" ball team for part of the 1945 season before being sent to the Pacific with Air Transport Squadron Twelve (VR-12) until he was returned to the U.S. for discharge in January 1946. Born Vincent Joseph Paveskovich, August 21, 1921 in Portland, Oregon, Vince adopted the same modified surname as his brother while he played baseball (Johnny legally changed his name to Pesky in 1947). Vincent graduated from Portland's Lincoln High School in 1940 having played baseball and hockey. Weeks later, he signed with the Albany Alcos, a regional semi-pro ball team and made his debut on July 18, against the Satchel Paige-led Kansas City Monarchs.  I recently acquired Vince Pesky's tailor-made dress service dress blues from a collector in the Portland area where the ballplayer-turned-sailor "retired from Portland Public Schools in 1998 following a 44-year career as a teacher, administrator and coach. Pesky is a member of the Portland Interscholastic League’s Hall of Fame." Pesky passed away on January 3, 2021, months shy of his 100th birthday.

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A nice haul of patches, maybe worth checking often. The amount of times 

Hello all,   I hope you're doing well.   I've really enjoyed this thread over the years. So many fine and historic examples have been posted. I'd like to add for historical reference the following:   William Hughlett CSC 1792 (2) Type I USN Good Conduct Medals Two Discharges Died at sea: 5 September 1879 near Apia, Samoa Served as Armorer on the USS Lackawanna   Best wishes everyone!   Joe    

. Hi mikie,   lets wait and see what develops . . . . . . . . 🙀   Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, May 08 2O25.  ( COMMEMORATING VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY )   ….

The auction went well. Centurian Auctions(sponsor on site)did a great job of listing and describing the items. They were truley professional through out the process. Thanks to all who took a look or bid on the items. Needless to say I would not hesitate to use their services again.

Good afternoon. I just aquired this finally in the mail from an auction. I am awaiting proper screws and the microphone to come in which is a hexagon type mic which i hope is correct for this era. However i cannot make out the date and manufacture of this helmet. I assume its made by Gentex? It seems to be a regular size/small. I have tried to read the year made but the ink is faded. Any help helps. Thanks. 

More images some of the d bale as well