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MM-962 Battle streamer for a regimental guidon of a
unit of the 1ST Division unit who's colors were decorated
for action at Normandy. $100 |
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MM-961 Battle streamer for a regimental guidon of a
unit of the 1ST Division unit who's colors were decorated
for action at Kasserine. $100 |
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MM-960 Incredibly rare WW2 Navy PT Boat Sailors
Purple Heart and Documents Group. Includes posthumous, Cased
Purple Heart, Purple Heart Certificate, Accolade
Certificate, mailing tube and the original purple heart
shipping box. An incredibly
rare opportunity to own a posthumous PT Boat sailor, one of
about 330 killed during WW2. $4995
ON HOLD
This sailor was
from Sharpsburg, MD. He enlisted in September 1942, trained
and was sent to the newly formed Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron
10, in December of 1942. MTBRon 10 deployed to the South
Pacific in 1943. En route, six of its PT boats were
transported as deck cargo on the tanker. On May 24, 1943,
the tanker was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, resulting
in the loss of PT-165 and PT-173. The remaining boats were
towed to Nouméa, New Caledonia. Re-equipped and fully
operational, the squadron set up bases in the Solomon
Islands. They engaged in combat operations and patrols
during the campaigns at Rendova, Vella Lavella, the Treasury
Islands, Bougainville, and Green Island (Nissan).
On August 1, 1943 when the men were
preparing for their night patrol at Rendova, they were attacked by a
squadron of Japanese Zeros. At dusk, a Japanese air raid by
eighteen planes targeted the area. A bomb hit PT-164
in the bow, destroying the boat.
PT-117 was damaged in the bow and later abandoned.
Two sailors were killed. The bomb blast knocked two torpedoes off
PT-164 that activated and ran erratically inside
Rendova Harbor until both came onto the beach without
detonating. Afterwards, the
wrecks were photographed
showing the destruction.
PT-164 and PT-117 were docked
together, and at this time we are not sure which boat he was
on, but he was killed in the explosion, on either PT-117 of
PT-164. He was one of two sailors
killed. More research will yield the answer.
Also
based at Rendova was a young Lt. John F. Kennedy on the
PT-109. That same night, August 1ST, after the action that
killed this Sailor, Kennedy's boat left for patrol. Laater
that night the PT-109 was struck by a Japanese vessel and
cut in half!
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MM-953 WW2 cased Purple Heart set with
religious medallion. $130 |
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MM-951 WW2 Town Medals are much tougher to find
than their WW1 counterparts. They seen to have fallen out
of favor by 1945. This one is from, Wayne County, PA $25 |
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MM-950 WW2 Town Medals are much tougher to find
than their WW1 counterparts. They seen to have fallen out
of favor by 1945. This one is from, Kenosha County, Wis.
$25 |
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MM-949 WW2 Town Medals are much tougher to find
than their WW1 counterparts. They seen to have fallen out
of favor by 1945. This one is from, Wayne County, PA. $25 |
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MM-936 W2 American Defense medal with "Fleet" bar. $25 |
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MM-842 WWII slot broach Air Medal. $40 |
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MM-829 Post WWII "China Service" medal in the original box.
$80 |
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MM-990 Scarce WW2 Barnstable, Ma. town medal. $45 |
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MM-989 Pittsburg, PA Selective Service Medals. $45 |
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MM-988 WW2 Purple Heart medal cases. Tough to find
on the loose! $40 |
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