Captain Wilson was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Service. He later went on to serve a distinguished career in the Army retiring a Lieutenant Colonel in 1962 but not before earning another Bronze Star in Korea. In his later years, he authored and published four books on historical subjects of Somerset Co. MD.
This uniform came directly from Wilson's estate sale. Also in the sale, were over $10,000 worth of German WWII bringbacks that Wilson kept in a private museum behind his residence after he retired. There were several uniforms auctioned off, however this was the only from WWII, the rest were postwar. It has been restored to reflect how Wilson would have worn it upon his discharge in 1945 (before being called back to active service in July of '46.
This uniform is only the 2nd in my collection from a 385th veteran. No doubt my grandfather (2nd Bn Hq-Co/385th Regt) came in to contact with Captain Wilson regularly. Thanks for looking!
Thomas,
ReplyDeleteI stumbled upon this randomly searching for more information about my grandfather who served in 76th, 417th Inf Reg. I found all the letters he wrote home to my dad and grandmother in a box after his death in 1993. Some are pretty amazing historical documents. He was 30 when he went to the Euro theater, so the letters home were to both a wife and kids. Most of his letters were stamped/approved by a Capt Wilson...assume this is the guy.
Pvt Phillip Charles Herro was my grandfather. I am trying to plot where he was while he served and match it to what was written in the letters. He talks about the River crossings, Sigfried line and Bastogne...
I would love to find information on his friend Lt Crews who was killed in action. He writes a lot about him in the nearly 150 letters I have.
Best Regards,
Steve Herro
Spherro@yahoo.com