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#17 – Two military uniforms from an American soldier with paperwork from seller stating "These objects were from the collection of an American soldier who entered the U.S. Army Air Force as a tail gunner in 1943. He began as an enlisted man and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in 1950. He went to Rhode Island College (now URI) on the GI Bill and graduated in 1950. He was a combat army officer and served at the end of World War II, in Korea, and twice in Vietnam. He earned hi Green Beret in 1961 as one of the first members of special forces during the Kennedy Administration. He sat in 1st Special Forces , B Detachment in Vietnam commanding all special forces in II Corp. under General Khanh in 1962. He was in the 1st Special Forces during the Battle of Plei Mrong in 1963. He was a guard at Dachau weeks after the end of WWII and witness to the Holocaust. He was passionate that the world never forgets what was done during the Holocaust. He was awarded a Bronze Star, qualified for a Purple Heart, was a Master Parachutist and an Expert Marksman in Carbine, Pistol and Rifle. He attended Basic and Advanced Commissioned Officer's school, Ft. Benning, GA, Special Forces School, Ft. Bragg, and Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth. He served in Army Intelligence and worked behind enemy lines in Vietnam as a member of the MACV/SOG, a covert US Special Forced Operation (A unit whose existence was once denied and whose story was not told until long after the war.) Their mission was cross boarder operations, intelligence gathering or raiding missions on the enemy's home ground and rescue missions. He trained service members of the Italian, Greek, German, Vietnamese and Japanese Armies in special operations. His was described in his service record as a forceful and dynamic officer, and loved as a gentle, strong and caring husband and father.

Two military uniforms from an American soldier with paperwork from seller stating "These objects were from the collection of an American soldier who entered the U.S. Army Air Force as a tail gunner in 1943. He began as an enlisted man and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in 1950. He went to Rhode Island College (now URI) on the GI Bill and graduated in 1950. He was a combat army officer and served at the end of World War II, in Korea, and twice in Vietnam. He earned hi Green Beret in 1961 as one of the first members of special forces during the Kennedy Administration. He sat in 1st Special Forces , B Detachment in Vietnam commanding all special forces in II Corp. under General Khanh in 1962. He was in the 1st Special Forces during the Battle of Plei Mrong in 1963. He was a guard at Dachau weeks after the end of WWII and witness to the Holocaust. He was passionate that the world never forgets what was done during the Holocaust. He was awarded a Bronze Star, qualified for a Purple Heart, was a Master Parachutist and an Expert Marksman in Carbine, Pistol and Rifle. He attended Basic and Advanced Commissioned Officer's school, Ft. Benning, GA, Special Forces School, Ft. Bragg, and Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth. He served in Army Intelligence and worked behind enemy lines in Vietnam as a member of the MACV/SOG, a covert US Special Forced Operation (A unit whose existence was once denied and whose story was not told until long after the war.) Their mission was cross boarder operations, intelligence gathering or raiding missions on the enemy's home ground and rescue missions. He trained service members of the Italian, Greek, German, Vietnamese and Japanese Armies in special operations. His was described in his service record as a forceful and dynamic officer, and loved as a gentle, strong and caring husband and father.

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