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Very sad to hear this news. Eric was very well known with his work with Military working dogs and he will be greatly missed.   Condolences to his family   Leigh 

I am evaluating a small group from a veteran. The purple heart is the late war stamped variant done at the Discharge Facility.  It matches the style and size in Schwind's book. The problem is the last name is misspelled. I am sorry but have no pics to post yet.   Has anone ever seen a mispelled stamped PH? Everything in the group is legit, photo, name, patches, details etc. except the mispelled name. A C was used instead of an S in DORSEY.     Strange

Thank you!   Sorry I meant the 13th, well "elements of". Only info I was able to find had stated that. Interesting that the 20th cav has practically no mention anywhere though, had to find it through the 6th division then 78th artillery. I could assume because the 20th itself didnt see action. 

Thank you for the input, glad to finally have the answer, or at least the most likely answer!

LOL! Great point Bob, indeed I have never seen a used pair. It seemed like an odd choice as a carry system considering flight suits already had leg pockets. Thanks for the input. Scott 

A very nice uniform for a short lived organization. Where did you find a 15th Cavalry connection? My information source shows the 20th Cavalry was constituted June 3, 1916 in the Regular Army as the 20th Cavalry. It was organized on June 1,1917 at Ft. Riley, KS. On November 18, 1917 the unit was converted and redesignated as the 78th Field Artillery. The 20th Cavalry itself appears to not have been part of the 6th Division, but the 78th Field Artillery was.

We lost a really good contributor and friend. One of the nicest guys you would ever meet. Will miss him dearly. RIP buddy. Dave

It is an original wartime patch.  Value, if you look what they have sold for lately on eBay, they have ranged between 30-85.  Semper Fi - Jeff

Here's what I've got so far.  Not a complete list by any means.  Feel free to add and I'll update...     Recipients of the Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner - US Recipients - WW2   1st George E. Stratemeyer … Commander AAF in China  Edward F Rector … Flying Tigers,10.5 kills (including first for AVG) James M. Master Sr. … USMC Asst. COS 1st MD / China 1937 Bruce K. Holloway … USAF, Flying Tiger, 13 kills, later CO SAC and Vice CofS of AF Barney M. Giles … CO Airforce, Pacific Area   2nd Harry Erwin Yarnell - Special Advisor Chinese Military Mission Louis E. Woods - Commander of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at Tientsin Lemuel C. Shepherd USMC … Taking surrender of Japanese at Tsingtao Keller E. Rocky USMC … commander First Marine Division, Tientsin 1945 Dewitt Peck USMC … Japanese Surrender / Civil War John P. Lucas … Major General, Army … Chief of US MAG to the Nationalist Chinese, post war Samuel L. Howard … USMC … 1st Marine Div, repatriation (but… Shanghai 1941, Corregidor) John Chew Young … liaison group under Stilwell, Ledo Road (Chinese American) Milton “Mary” Miles … USN, CO of SACO   3rd Jimmy Doolittle … leader of Doolittle Raid Frederick J. Home … Vice Chief naval operation, Washington, no China service Claire Chennault … Commander Flying Tigers (also Blue Sky / White Sun)   4th William A. Worton, USMC … Took surrender of Japanese troops in Northern China Frederick L. Wieseman USMC … 1946-48 fighting Communist guerrillas during Civl War 3MR William J. Whaling USMC … occupation of Qingdao in Oct 1945 with 29th MR Robert T. Smith … AVC Flying Tigers Austin T. Shofner USMC … fighting communist guerrillas 1945-46 Samuel R. Shaw USMC … taking Japanese surrender and China in Civil War Thomas Settle, USN … 1946 cdr 7th Amb. Force, Yangtze / prewar Yangtze USS Palos Chesty Puller USMC … no specific event John H. Masters USMC … SACO,  USNG China / training guerrillas Willard A Kitts … USN, Cruiser DIvsion 3 … repatriation of Japanese Robert P. Keller, USMC … pilot, squadron commander 533, repatriation of Japanese C. Turner Joy, Navy … post war china, cleanup Louis R. Jones … 1st Marine Division, repatriation of Japanese Byron F. Johnson … USMC, 1st Marine Aviation Wing, repatriation of Japenese Tex Hill - Flying Tigers Ace (12) (18.25 total) Robert O. Bare … 1st Marine Div / repatriation, civil war Chuck Older … Flying Tigers  Irvin F. Beyerly … USN / SACO William T. Clement… CO 4th Marines … Occcupation Joseph W. Stillwell…Vinegar Joe   5th Richard P. Ross USMC … Japanese Surrender and Communist guerrillas Earl S. Piper USMC … Logistics Officer III Marine Amb. Corps, Qingdao end of war / Civil War Arthur T. Mason USMC … Japanese repatriation / Civil War Julian N. Frisbie …USMC .. CO 5th Marine Regiment … Occupation, Civil War Charles Bond … Pilot, Flying Tigers 9.5 Kills   6th Daniel Webster Heagy, SACO (566) Joseph A. Mendelson, Army … Doctor to Stilwell, treated Doolittle Raiders John A. Hilger … Doolittle Raid Vernon M. Guymon … USMC … 1st Marine Air Wing … Civil War Robert Buck Halperin … USN / SAC0 … Caleb Vance Haynes … bomber command, China Air Task Force (1147) Arthur Chin … Chinese-American, flew from 1937 … America’s first ace Keith Gordon Lindell, 14th Airforce Ace (Flying Tiger)   7th Joseph E. Champe USN, CO (Lt Cdr) Yangtze Naval Unit, USNG, China 44-45 Samuel S. Carran - Captain… Intel Officer 14th AF Raymond H. Piehl … LT.  AF (2690)   8th   9th John Birch, USAF/OSS … Killed by Chinese Communists   Unknown Class and/or time period …   James R. Mitchell …  USAF … ??? Russell F. Brown … Navy … ??? Alan Engle … USAF … ??? Issac D. White, Army …??? Roy Benjamin Pitts … ??? Robert Gilbert Payne … ??? Vernon James McCaul USMC … ??? Alvin Luedecke USAF - CBI - class??