Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 3,400 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Searching around for some uniform pics after reading UB's post about a uniform "beauty contest", and happened upon the attached assemblage of military decorations.... Anybody want to take a guess as to whose uniform is displayed? http://loophole.smugmug.com/Other/Militaria/17079110_k7Njr7#1293764340_VzhQtGV If it helps, the owner was entitle to wear more than these, including the following: http://loophole.smugmug.com/Other/Militaria/17079110_k7Njr7#1293764363_8XNvZL5 LL Link to post Share on other sites
Wahoo Kid 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 A. Murphy? Link to post Share on other sites
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 3,400 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 A. Murphy? Nope; higher rank. LL Link to post Share on other sites
Hacker, SASS #55963 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Lt Col Matt Urban USArmy ? Link to post Share on other sites
DocWard 5,734 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Theodore Roosevelt Jr? No scratch that, no MOH George S. Patton? Link to post Share on other sites
Hacker, SASS #55963 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Col Robert L Howard US Army ? Link to post Share on other sites
Duffield, SASS #23454 1,021 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Douglas McArthur? Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,521 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Douglas McArthur? MacArthur's medals are here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacMeds2.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,521 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Col Robert L Howard US Army ? Howard had Good Conduct Medals and no UN Service Medal. (I'm still trying to figure it out) Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 17,183 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Note the lack of branch insignia. It's a General Officer's uniform. The CIB indicates he was Infantry. And if you look at the topmost ribbon it's a MOH. That eliminates a lot of folks. Link to post Share on other sites
Hacker, SASS #55963 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Ribbon on the lower right is United Nations Korea Medal. On the 2nd page of the photos it appears there is a Purple Heart. Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 17,183 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Doug Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 28,532 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 another view of it One has to wonder about the entire autumns worth of oak leaves and skys worth of stars on those ribbons. Link to post Share on other sites
DocWard 5,734 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Note the lack of branch insignia. It's a General Officer's uniform. The CIB indicates he was Infantry. And if you look at the topmost ribbon it's a MOH. That eliminates a lot of folks. Need to have my eyes checked. I looked and missed the MOH ribbon. Link to post Share on other sites
DocWard 5,734 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 MacArthur's medals are here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacMeds2.jpg Those are as they would be worn today. I am going to have to go with MacArthur Link to post Share on other sites
Major E A Sterner #12916 298 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Col. Hackworth Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 17,183 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 It's Doug. The pic is from the MacArthur Museum in Norfolk. Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,521 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 It's Doug. The pic is from the MacArthur Museum in Norfolk. Thanks. I was suspecting that since he had around 35 foreign awards and one might have been permitted to wear those on a uniform at one time. But I couldn't find a picture of Mac wearing any decorations -- Unlike Patton who apparently always wore his ribbons. Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 17,183 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Thanks. I was suspecting that since he had around 35 foreign awards and one might have been permitted to wear those on a uniform at one time. But I couldn't find a picture of Mac wearing any decorations -- Unlike Patton who apparently always wore his ribbons. The jacket in the museum is actually not one that MacArthur wore. Just one with his authorized awards. And you're correct, he was seldom seen wearing decorations. The CIB was not awarded to MacArthur. It was given as an "honorary award" on his birthday. He never wore one on his uniform. It was given to him by General George Decker, Chief of Staff U.S. Army, as an honorary award at MacArthur's birthday party in 1961. Decker was G-3 for 6th Army under MacArthur in World War II and he secured the award for the General when he was 81. Here's a rare pic taken in Australia in '42. Douglas Not many know it but MacArthur was responsible for the creation of the Purple Heart in 1931. Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,521 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 No mention of The General, but other interesting stuff about the Purple Heart as well as info about known fakes, http://www.purplehearts.net/id6.html Ahhh, this is on Wikipedia. The General was Chief of Staff of the Army at the time. On January 7, 1931, Summerall’s successor, General Douglas MacArthur, confidentially reopened work on a new design, involving the Washington Commission of Fine Arts. This new design was issued on the bicentennial of George Washington's birth. Elizabeth Will, an Army heraldic specialist in the Office of the Quartermaster General, was named to redesign the newly revived medal, which became known as the Purple Heart. Using general specifications provided to her, Will created the design sketch for the present medal of the Purple Heart. Her obituary, in the February 8, 1975 edition of the Washington Post newspaper, reflects her many contributions to military heraldry. Link to post Share on other sites
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 3,400 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Sorry not to be on line when the first correct answer rolled in - Duffield cracked it - it is Douglas MacArthur. For many civilians like me, and I'm sure for most military types, an absolutely fascinating character....his running gun battle in Vera Cruz, in which he shot 7 men and a horse, resulted in his first nomination for the Medal of Honor; he was nominated a second time during WWI, and ultimately received the MOH for his defense of the Philippines; he was awarded the Silver Star seven times. He was also the son of a MOH recipient. LL Link to post Share on other sites
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