An Interesting little grouping to Johann Steigerwald, Who served with Infanterie Regiment Nr 40 on both the Eastern and Western Front during World War One. Interestingly he fought at the battle of Riga in Latvia and earns the Iron Cross Second Class,  and in 1918 he was captured in Soissons, France he was released in September 1919. During the Third Reich he was issued a Wehrpass which confirms his service in WW1. Could make a really nice research project.

NAME: George S. Beatty, Jr. RANK: Major General BRANCH: INF STATUS: Retired SERVICE: 35 years DOB: 26 October 1917 SERVICE INFORMATION HOURS FLOWN: 2483 COMBAT HOURS: 126 FLT/NCO CLASS: 60-1 SCHOOL: MILITARY SCHOOL: Naval War College AVN DESIGNATION: Senior Army Aviator AIRCRAFT INFORMATION CV-2B OV-1 A/B OH-1 A/E OH-13 E/G/H/S T-42 & U-21A U-6 A U-8 D/F UH-1 B/D/H COMBAT EXPERIENCE World War II – Saipan, Okinawa 1941-1945 Korea – 187th ABN RCT 1952-1953 Vietnam – 1st Air CAV 1965-1966 UNIT ASSIGNMENTS 1963-1965 11th Air Assault Division 1965-1966 1st Air Cavalry Division POSITIONS HELD Group Commander CG, Army Flight Training Center DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Medal [11] Legion of Merit [3] Bronze Star w/V device Air Medal [8] SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS Howze Board 1962 1st Brigade Commanding Officer Aviation Group Commanding Officer Chief of Staff, 1st Brigade Chairman, AAMF Board During the 1960’s when the Army’s Air Mobility concept was born, tested, and proven in combat, George Beatty played key roles in each of the phases. In 1962 he was assigned to the Army’s Tactical Mobility Requirements Board (“Howze Board”) where he was instrumental in the writing of the plan for the accomplishment of the Board’s mission. He supervised the running and recording of the field tests of all aspects of the Board’s interest. Upon completion of the Board report, he and Colonel (later Lieutenant General) John Norton went to Washington to brief the Board’s findings and recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and other interested Federal Agencies. He was assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division (AAD) in January 1963 as Commanding Officer, 1st Brigade and commanded that Brigade through all of the testing and field exercises. He briefly commanded the 11th Aviation Group in 1965 during which time a composite Aviation Company was formed and sent to the Dominican Republic to support the XVIII Corps. When the 11th AAD was redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), Beatty was assigned as Chief of Staff where he coordinated the planning and loading out of the division. In Vietnam, he served as Chief of Staff, and then Brigade Commander of the 1st Brigade. During this eventful year he saw the air assault concept, which he had helped pioneer, proven under fire and accepted by the U.S. Army. From 1968 to 1970, he commanded the Army Flight Training Center at Hunter Army Airfield at Fort Stewart, Georgia where several hundred rotary wing pilots were graduated every two weeks. Training of South Vietnamese students was initiated during this period, and their unfamiliarity with the English language required the introduction of special innovative teaching techniques to enable those students to succeed. Throughout his career, General Beatty was involved in many pioneering developments in the concepts, training, organization, tactics, and equipment that have been incorporated into Army Aviation as we know it today.    

Never seen anything quite like this before, a real time capsule… This time capsule is in cased in a Japanese Aircraft Ammunition box, no doubt the items were lifted from the following three places he seen combat: Metzger was with M company, 3rd battalion, 3rd Marines for Bougainville and Guam, The Agana Race Riot in Guam and then he was transferred to the 21st Marines in 1945 for Iwo Jima. All events are well recorded and can be seen on the selection of video material taken from YouTube.   Some of the items were taken from: Yokosuka Naval Aviation unit The then Private First Class Paul B Metzger sends his parents a Japanese Ammo Box, inside his throphies from his time in the following USMC units according to our research: Name Paul B Metzger Rank Private Enlistment Date 17 Mar 1943 Muster Date Apr 1943 Station Fourth Recrupt Battalion Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S CName Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Apr 1943 Station H and S Co, 23Rd Marines (Reinf) Fmf, Camp Lejeune, New River, N C Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Jul 1943 Station Headquarters and Service Co,23Rd Mar(Reinf),Fmf, Camp Pendleton,Oceanside,Calif Name Paul B Metzger Rank Private Muster Date Oct 1943 Station Twenty First Replacement Battalion, Fmf, C/O Fleet P O San Francisco, Cali fName Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Jan 1944 Station Company “M”, Third Battalion, Third Marines, Third Marine Division The 3rd Marine Division was officially activated on September 16, 1942 at Camp Elliott, San Diego, California.[2] Most of the original members of the division were drawn from the cadre staff of the 2nd Marine Division.[3] The division was initially built around the 9th Marine Regiment, commanded by Colonel Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. who later became the 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Major General Charles D. Barrett was the first commanding general of the division. The division deployed into Auckland, New Zealand, between January and March 1943. In June of that year, it moved onto Guadalcanal for additional training, stopping first at Efate, New Hebrides for rehearsals (16-20 October 1943) and Santo, New Hebrides (21-29 October 1943) for shipboard-staging. 1 November 1943 saw the division land as part of the Battle of Bougainville and fight on the island until their last unit to arrive, the 21st Marine Regiment, embarked on 9 January 1944. During the course of the battle the division had about 400 Marines killed.[4] The division returned to Guadalcanal in January 1944 to rest, refit, and retrain. The next operation in which the division took part was the Battle of Guam. From 21 July 1944 until the last day of organized fighting on 10 August, the division fought through the jungles on the island of Guam. During these 21 days of fighting, the division captured over 60 square miles (160 km2) of territory and killed over 5,000 enemy soldiers.[5] The next two months saw continuous mopping up operations in which the Marines continued to engage leftover Japanese forces. At the end of the battle the division had sustained 677 Marines killed, 3,626 wounded, and nine missing.[6] The division remained on the island of Guam for training, until it embarked as part of the landing force for the Battle of Iwo Jima. The 3rd Marine Division was initially in reserve for the battle.[7] However, the division was committed one regiment at a time when the initial regiments that landed there needed to be relieved. The 21st Marines came ashore on 21 February[7] followed by the 9th Marines, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Tank Battalion, on 24 February.[8] The Marines of these two infantry regiments, supported by the artillery of the 12th Marine Regiment and tanks of the 3rd Tank Battalion, fought on Iwo Jima until the end of organized resistance on 16 March and the subsequent mopping up operations for the next month. All elements of the division were back on Guam by 17 April 1945.[9] The fighting on Iwo Jima cost the 3rd Marine Division 1,131 killed in action and another 4,438 wounded.[10] After the return to Guam, the division began preparing for the invasion of Japan. This invasion never took place since Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. The 3rd Marine Division was decommissioned on December 28, 1945 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA Name Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Jul 1944 Station 3D Battalion, 3D Marines, 3D Marine Division, Fmf, In The Field Name Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Oct 1944 Station 3D Battalion, 3D Marines, 3D Marine Division, Fmf, In The Field Name Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Oct 1944 Station Headquarters and Service Co., 23Rd Marines,. Fourth Marine Division, Fmf, C/O Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. Name Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Jan 1945 Station Headquarters and Service Co, 23Rd Marines, Fourth Marine Division, Fmf Name Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Apr 1945 Station Headquarters and Service Co., 23D Marines, Fourth Marine Division, Fmf. Name Paul B Metzger Rank Private First Class Muster Date Oct 1945 Station Headquarters and Service Co., 23D Marines, Fourth Marine Division, Fmf Name Paul B Metzger Rank Corporal Muster Date Oct 1945 Station Headquarters, 2Dbn, 21St Marines, 3D Mardiv, Fmf, In The Field. See here for unit History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Marine_Regiment_(United_States) A free 40 Page publication on the attack at Iwo Jima https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/Publications/The%20United%20States%20Marines%20On%20Iwo%20Jima_The%20Battle%20and%20the%20Flag%20Raisings%20%20PCN%2019000316600.pdf         Warning – The four spent projectiles can not be sent outside the US. If you order this item these harmless items sadly can not be sent to your address.