WWII Purple Heart Medal For Sale Grouping to ID'd PTO Gunner w/ Ribbon bar

A very interesting PTO USAAF gunner grouping up for sale. This grouping is ID'd to a Tennessee veteran who was an aerial gunner in the pacific during the war. The Purple Heart medal is a slot brooch pinback with the original zinc pinback ribbon bar, the lapel pin, and also the Pacific Theater of Operations Campaign Ribbon with w/ campaign star. Included are two photos of the vet in uniform, and also a newspaper article from his hometown paper detailing how he was wounded and other war stories of his that he reported back to his mother in the States. A beautiful all original grouping.

The photos should give you the perfect picture of what you're buying. Feel free to email me the details you need photographed and it will be done as soon as possible. I am not the type of dealer who takes 4 days to get back to you. I treat this like a business (because it is!) and will treat my potential buyers the way I would expect to be treated by people who have items I'm inquiring about. Please read ALL information before bidding! I will ship your item upon the Shipping charges listed are for the United States. If this item is being shipped overseas, prices will be different. If buying overseas wait for my invoice after the auction with the updated shipping information. The international calculated shipping cost should be close but I want to double check first before you pay. I will provide the cheapest rates possible for overseas bidders!! The shipping cost includes shipping AND handling (mailing envelope, boxes, protective packaging, ect) I request to be paid within one week for the item, otherwise it may be relisted. The sooner you pay the sooner you will receive it! Contact me upon auction completion if a different situation needs to be arranged. Email me for additional pics or ones without editing. I would be HAPPY to send them your way.Feel free also to email me with any questions about this item before bidding or any other requests Good luck and thank you for looking! Also! If you are seriously interested, please send me an email so I have your contact information.

Price is $160.00 PLUS SHIPPING

Please contact me at wwii_research_investigations@yahoo.com if you are interested!

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Helmet stamping

This photo shows the stamping in a helmet I am currently selling. FS FB MINT

Ebay M1 Helmet Auction

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Newly Identified Items

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We have been very busy helping to give many individual's WWII-era items a positive veteran "ID" and in many cases putting a face with a uniform. We have had great luck finding veterans in either unit photos or in college/high school yearbooks. Although it is not a photo of them in that uniform, it still creates a lasting tribute to the veteran to have a photo of them displayed with their previously used militaria. Please enjoy these examples below.


This uniform belonging to Major Larkin H. Langford. Larkin graduated in 1942 from the University of Missouri before attending OCS at Fort Sill, OK. He was assigned to the 1st Field Artillery Battalion, part of the 6th Division. Of course, the 6th fought in the Phillipines and New Guinea. Larkin earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals along with an invasion arrowhead for his campaign ribbon (Luzon?). He was discharged at war's end as a major and after returning home traveled to Arizona where he taught beef production techniques to veterans at the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. Returning to Missouri Larkin worked as superintendent of the North Missouri Center of the University of Missouri until retirement. Larkin passed away at his home in Fayette, MO on 20 January 2011 at the age of 91.

The second ID'd uniform belonged to a 83rd Infantry Division Veteran in the 736th Tank Battalion. The 736th was formed from a group of specially selected men trained initially with a top-secret tank-mounted weapon code-named the Canal Defense Light. Dubbed the "Gizmo" by the soldiers who operated it, the CDL was a 13-million candlepower searchlight mounted on a specialized tank for the purpose of illuminating the area at night to dazzle the enemy with its flickering light. Supposed to change the course of the war, most of these were eventually left to rust where they bogged down later in France and the 736th was reorganized as a standard tank battalion. The battalion was attached to the 83rd Division from 6 February - 29 July 1945. This ike jacket and dog tags belonged to Sgt Richard E. Kreider of Palmyra, PA. For this individual I was able to find a photo, his tombstone, some veteran's paperwork, and also some newspaper articles on him.

WWII Item Identification Assistance

Not only do we help families discover their veteran's history, but we also assist militaria collectors with researching items in their collections. Here is an example of a recent one that came to us. 

This item was presented to me as being simply a named 8th Army Air Force Bombardier's uniform jacket. After countless hours of research, the man was identified as Edward J. Strzyzewski of the 748th Bombardment Squadron in the 457th Bomb Group. He flew on roughly 30 missions. We were able to uncover all of the Operational Loading lists and mission narratives for this man. We also located his obituary, photo's of his plane that he flew on during the war, and several other military documents pertaining to him. 

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We at WWII Research Investigations strive to provide veteran's families with the lost details of their loved ones service. So many of our heroic soldiers never tell what they experienced to others and when they pass away, their stories are lost to history.  This organization feels the need to uncover this information so that your veteran can truly be honored in the way that he or she deserves and their war story past down for generations to come. Through such resources as The National Archives, The National Personnel Records Center, WWII unit histories, and our own personal library of reference material we will take the information that you provide us and expand on it. In addition to helping veterans families, our research services are also used by United States militaria collectors wishing to identify a soldier that an item in their collection belonged to. Whether this is putting a face to a uniform grouping, uncovering an engraved medal's citation, or decoding laundry marks.  It is our goal to help you gain a better understanding of what your veteran experienced during WWII. We attempt to do this by providing you with the veteran's (when and if possible): * Unit Histories * Medal and Award Citations * Maps of the unit's travels overseas * Battles and Campaigns participated in * Personnel Records * Veteran account's from the same unit. * Discharge Documents * VFW Paperwork Since it has been 65 years since the war ended, the average age of a WWII veteran being 88 years old. Because of this, it is important now more than ever for us to preserve your veterans story. For a nominal fee, we will provide you and your family the most inclusive, comprehensive collection of information about the military service of your loved one. Included in this professionally prepared packed (CD included) will be (when available) high resolution scans of their military paperwork, unit information, award documentation, and multiple other items which can be seen in our "Mission" section. We also cater to militaria collector's and researcher's needs. There is nothing more frustrating than having an item or grouping in your collection that is lacking identification. Putting a face with that uniform jacket is a very time consuming operation and often you are left with feelings of "Where do I begin?" Let us do that research for you. Feel free to email us at  wwii_research_investigations@yahoo.com where we can set up a phone interview to begin uncovering your veterans history! Like us on Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/pages/WWII-Research-Investigations/211377142230856 We at WWII Research Investigations strive to provide veteran's families with the lost details of their loved ones service. So many of our heroic soldiers never tell what they experienced to others and when they pass away, their stories are lost to history. This organization feels the need to uncover this information so that your veteran can truly be honored in the way that he or she deserves and their war story past down for generations to come. Through such resources as The National... (read more)