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USS Panay (PR-5), 1928 Yangtze Patrol Gunboat, 1:192 scale resin kit Panay is the only one of "the new six" Yangtze Patrol gunboats available in a kit Dennis says the resin kit with photo etch parts by Iron Shipwright that will yield a 12" model has poor instructions, but he's undeterred as always Perstare et Praestare- persevere and excel, aka, don't let lousy instructions stop you
Named Soochow Creek Medal and A Yangtze Barrier Medal I missed his numbered Yangtze Service medal but bought a Studley replacement medal that Outler had engraved on the rim with his name EM1c, Shanghai, U S S Luzon and the dates 1931-1939 I bought his Yangtze Barrier medal along with his named Soochow Creek medal with its named certificate It is a shame everything was split up
The Real Sand Pebbles? - US MILITARIA FORUM One of my favorite movies as a kid was The Sand Pebbles Set in pre-WWII China, and based upon a novel by Richard McKenna, a career Navy-man who spent time in the Far East during the 1930's including, I think at least one tour on a Yangtze River gunboat After McKenna retired from the Navy and gr
USMC Yangtze Service Medal #s IDed - US MILITARIA FORUM Thought since the Expeditionary Medal thread was so successful, I'd start one on the Yangtze service Medal Same rules, copy and paste These are the ones I found scattered around the forum These are USMC strikes USMC STRIKES 78- Percy Franklin Archer 672- Francis Marion Wulbern 1052- Jacob F
Navy Captain Howard Bernet 30 year veteran - US MILITARIA FORUM His Yangtze medal was for service on the USS Houston, CA-30, in 1931 and 1932 in China Captain Bernet saw sea duty on USS New Mexico, USS Idaho (Gunnery), USS Mississippi (Navagator); USS Houston (Asiatic Flag), USS Fox DD234, Commanding Officer AO-62 Taluga, APA-38 USS Chilton, DESDIV 92, and DESRON 10
The Real Sand Pebbles: Part II - US MILITARIA FORUM Here is the USS Villalobos toward the end of her career on the Yangtze Ironically, it was supposedly tales from the Villalobos pre –WWI days that inspired Richard McKenna to write the novel Mckenna merely updated it by having San Pablo operate during the 1926-27 Nationalist Army advance through China
Anyone have an identified Desert Storm Purple Heart? For example Nicaragua, Haiti, Yangtze, Chinese Civil War, Urgent Fury, Berlin Disco bombing (yes, Purple Hearts were awarded), etc Attached is documentation on a PH that was awarded to a Marine who was WIA in 1898 while serving with Huntington's Battalion in Cuba The PH was issued unnamed
Cigarette Case to Rear Admiral W. W. Warlick - US MILITARIA FORUM Found this cigarette case on the net It is named to Lt William W Warlick who served during WWII on several ships and was Captain of the USS Massachusetts during the war He was given this case by the captain of the S S SHU TUNG, whick operated on the Yangtze river in China Obviously Warlick
Double Check this WWII Custom USMC Ribbon Rack. Help Needed! I'm about to have a custom rack made by Leu's Ribbons for one of my WWII USMC Dress Blues and have a couple of questions concerning this Marine's ribbon rack 1) He earned a Yangtze Medal, where would that be placed? 2) He had five bars on his Good Conduct Medal, does that make it a Silver Star o