Outstanding John,   Old dog learnt a new trick today, it can happen...   Mahalo brah  

Here's an interesting one.   Per the veteran's grandson:    

That there is the Distinctive Insignia for the 15th Infantry Regiment.  Most are familiar with the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment of "Ole' China Hands" that fell under the Philippine Departments jurisdiction but most forget the the 2nd and 3rd Battalion was in the Philippines and was under the structure of the Philippine Division and that distinction can be readily identified by the divisions Shoulder Insignia as we see here in these studio photographs.  Simply outstanding pixs of the little know part of the Can Do Clan!!!   Aloha,   John

Definitely swivel bales on this one.  I agree with dmar, move it to the helmet section.  Lots more eyes and comments there.

Thanks! Any help is always appreciated, and whenever you can is great!

Please share some pictures with us. I would enjoy seeing it

The seldom seen 44th Infantry Regiment, Hawaiian (Department) Division, 1921         Company F, 44th Infantry Regiment, 1921 two (2) months after being assigned to the Hawaiian Division at Schofield Barracks, T.H. with square cut necktie, no regimental number on the infantry discs, no authorized DUI at that time   A short-lived WWI era unit (history follows)   The third 44th Infantry Regiment was formed in 1917, during World War I. It was organized on 20 June 1917 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington around a cadre of personnel from the 14th Infantry Regiment. The 44th Infantry was assigned to the 13th Division, which was activated on 16 July 1918 at Camp Lewis, Washington. However, the war ended before the unit could deploy overseas, and the 13th Division was completely demobilized by February 1919. the 44th Infantry was stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, as of June 1919 as a separate regiment.   It was later transferred to Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, and arrived there on 25 September 1920. It was assigned to the Hawaiian Division on 1 March 1921, and relieved from the division on 22 October 1921. It was inactivated on 28 November 1921 at Schofield Barracks, and concurrently, its personnel and equipment were transferred to the 21st Infantry Regiment. It was demobilized on 17 July 1922.

Too cool

Thanks for the review. I’ll need to put the book on my reading list. It just so happens I just cracked this book, Bloody Mohawk, by Richard Berleth. It’s an interesting subject for me since i spent my first 24 years in Utica, NY. Utica is near the western end of the Mohawk River. The house I grew up in is less than a mile from the river. The road at the bottom of my hill is on the route General Herkimer and his Tryon County Militia marched to the Battle of Oriskany. The whole area is dripping history of the French and Indian War and The Revolution. Sadly I’m only 20 pages in and am a little discouraged by the writing. It seems he is one of those authors that assumes the reader already knows all about the subject and makes frequent references to related people, places and events without explaining them. So the reader (me) either has to stop once or twice a page to look things up, or ignore the comments. Very annoying.  mikie

Philippine Division, 1922     Standing collars with gilt interwar discs       Anyone recognize the Regimental Insignia circa 1922?     Philippine photography studio watermark     Open collar, grommeted shirt, but gilt discs are on lapels with unknown DUI