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Uniform of Lieutenant Henry L. Mitchell
05/26/2022
This latest article tells the story of Henry Mitchell, a platoon leader in C Company, 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. He led troops across the Italian continent through famous battles like Monte Cassino, the drive on Rome, the Gothic Line, and the Po Valley
Uniforms of T/4 James S. Grubbs
05/17/2022
This set of uniforms comes from James Grubbs, a bow gunner/assistant driver on an M5A1 Stuart light tank of D Company, 753rd Tank Battalion. The primary tank battalion attached to the 36th Infantry Division, Grubbs saw combat in the last months of the war as their tanks rolled into the Reich.
Group of PFC Frank F. Densmore
05/10/2022
The first combat marine infantryman of the collection, this set belonged to Frank Densmore, a BAR Gunner and squad leader of D Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, who fought fiercely at the battle of Iwo Jima from the landings to the final days when he was wounded by a Japanese grenade in a midnight banzai charge.
Uniform of Lieutenant Henry L. Mitchell
05/26/2022
This latest article tells the story of Henry Mitchell, a platoon leader in C Company, 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. He led troops across the Italian continent through famous battles like Monte Cassino, the drive on Rome, the Gothic Line, and the Po Valley.