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CAPTURED SIX (6) MACHINEGUN PILLBOXES & 18 ENEMY, IWO JIMA, LT. JACK TREADWELL
CAPTURED SIX (6) MACHINEGUN PILLBOXES & 18 ENEMY, IWO JIMA, LT. JACK TREADWELL

CAPTURED SIX (6) MACHINEGUN PILLBOXES & 18 ENEMY, IWO JIMA, LT. JACK TREADWELL

$ 3.16

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: New
  • California Prop 65 Warning: NO!

    Description

    CACHED FRONT AND BACK, COVER
    FEATURING
    MEDAL OF HONOR
    RECIPIENT,
    1ST LT. JACK L. TREADWELL, U.S. ARMY.
    HIS UNIT WAS EVENTUALLY INVOLVED IN LIBERATING, "DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP".
    AS  COMMANDING OFFICER, COMPANY F, NEAR NEIDER-WURZBACH, GERMANY. AFTER AN EIGHT MAN GROUP OF HIS SOLDIERS BECAME CASUALTIES WHILE ATTACKING A SINGLE FORTIFIED MACHINEGUN NEST,
    TREADWELL, ARMED WITH A SUB-MACHINEGUN AND HAND GRENADES, FEARLESSLY & SINGLE-HANDEDLY ASSAULTED ONE AFTER ANOTHER,
    SIX (6) FORTIFIED POSITIONS (
    PILL-BOXES) KILLING OR CAPTURING 18 OF THEIR CREWS, INCLUDING THEIR COMMANDER. HE ALSO CAPTURED  THEIR WEAPONS. HIS HEROISM INSPIRED HIS COMPANY WHO STORMED AFTER THEIR LEADER OVERWHELMING THE ENEMY RESISTANCE OVER THE ENTIRE HILL'S ENEMY POSITIONS. THUS, DRIVING A WEDGE INTO THE, "SIEGFRIED LINE".
    FRONT CACHET PICTURES LIEUTENANT TREADWELL, THE MEDAL OF HONOR, HIS INFANTRY DIVISION AND REGIMEMTAL INSIGNIAS. COVER IS FRANKED WITH THE PURPLE HEART AND
    POSTMARKED, "FORT SILL, OK, MAR. 21, 2019"
    THE REVERSE SIDE IS TREADWELL'S CITATION. COVER UNADDRESSED, UNSEALED, AND "POLY-SLEEVE" ENCLOSED. A NICE PIECE OF MILITARY MEMORABILIA FOR THE HISTORIAN OR COLLECTOR.
    U
    SCS MEMBER # 11835, "TOP SARGE" CACHET.  COVER # 3 OF 10.