Original U.S. WWII 115th Engineer Regiment Soldier Medal Recipient Named Grouping - 40th Infantry Division Japanese Militaria This is a nice little

This is a nice little grouping purchased directly from the veteran’s family consisting of medals

a spare barrel

what we call Nickel silver

clearly indicating that the barrel surgery was intentional in order to convert the Musket for another Military use

Major General George Stratemeyer's Eastern Air Command dominated the skies over Burma

Original U.S. WWII 115th Engineer Regiment Soldier Medal Recipient Named Grouping - 40th Infantry Division Japanese Militaria This is a nice littleOriginal Items: One of a kind Set. In an order dates November 7th, 1945 for the Award of the Soldier's Medal it reads: Technician Fifth Grade LAWRENCE LA LONDE, 36533735, Corps of Engineers, Army of the United States. On 18 May 1944, on New Britain Island, in response to an emergency call from two soldiers stranded three miles off shore in a home made craft, Technician Fifth Grade LA LONDE, with an officer and three enlisted men, volunteered to effect