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.    

This is an incredible original archive to a member of the famous Merills Marauders, from his personal ID Tags right down to all his photos and negatives. The patches are astounding, considering what one of these bring on todays market, this is an instant collection of some of the most sought after from the Pacific during WW2. Needless to say here that this archive is virtually a one of a kind find. The research, the item belonged to: Name William H Hoover Race White Marital Status Married Rank Private Birth Year 1907 Nativity State or Country Ohio Citizenship Citizen Residence Ashland, Ohio Education 2 years of high school Civil Occupation Managers and officials, n.e.c. Enlistment Date 20 Feb 1943 Enlistment Place Cleveland, Ohio Service Number 35048537 Branch Branch Immaterial – Warrant Officers, USA Component Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source Civil Life Height 66 Weight 170 NAME: William H Hoover ADMISSION DATE: Nov 1944 DISCHARGE DATE: 1944 DIAGNOSIS: Diagnosis: Pes planus; SecondDiagnosis: Hyperidrosis TYPE OF DISCHARGE: Duty LENGTH OF SERVICE: No entry made SERVICE NUMBER: 35048537   Items: Identification Tags, Medal Bars, Sterling Silver Combat Infantry Badge, Presidential Citation, Silver named and numbered bracelet, CIB cigarette case made in India, Ring from India,  4 loose CIB patches maker marked BC. CIB Patch made by the Chinese, 97th Div Patch, a Merrills Marauders Patch, US Issued CIB Badge,  3 x CIB Patch 1944 Chinese made one of which is leather. Corporal and Overseas bar insignia denoting 1 1/2 Year. Three portraits of W H Hoover, one wearing the 75th Div Patch (Photo taken in October 1944). A Large selection of bank notes, for Germany, France 1944 Occupation, French, Japanese Occupation Rupees, Commonwealth Indian/British Rupees, Mexican Pesos, Chinese. Interestingly, some of Hoovers photos have been archived by the CIB Archive at some stage, and it is possible that some of his images are already published. In, Merrill’s Marauders – US War Department Historical Division – ISBN 0892010630 A series of original correspondence from W H Hoover – To his parents and friends, interestingly he wrote at the top of every page where he was, this includes, Burma Road, Ledo Road, Assam, India. Photos – His photos show the above named locations, and depict his experience there. Many of the photos are museum grade, some have been archived by CBI Turner – the negatives of many of the photos are included. An Issued of : Merrill’s Marauders –  Movie Classic – a COmic cut out of Superman with Merrill’s Marauders. Indian Flyer – likely propaganda.  Yank Weekly – June 24 1944 – plus much more. Deserves further research, or possible publishing.   Unit History Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit, which fought in the Southeast Asian theater of World War II, or China-Burma-India Theater (CBI). The unit became famous for its deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines, often engaging Japanese forces superior in number. In the Quebec Conference (QUADRANT) of August 1943, Allied leaders decided to form a U.S. deep penetration unit that would attack Japanese troops in Burma. The new U.S. force was directly inspired by, and partially modeled on Orde Wingate’s Chindits Long Range Penetration Force. A call for volunteers attracted around 3,000 men. A Memorandum from the Operations Division (OPD) of the War Department dated 18 September 1943 (OPD 320.2) listed the proposed composition of the new American long-range penetration force, which would be an all-volunteer unit. The Caribbean Defense Command provided 960 jungle-trained officers and men, 970 jungle-trained officers and men came from Army Ground Forces (based in the Continental United States) and a further 674 “battle-tested” jungle troops from the South Pacific Command (Army veterans of the Guadalcanal and Solomon Islands campaigns), with all troops to assemble at Nouméa, New Caledonia. General Douglas MacArthur was also directed to transfer 274 Army combat-experienced volunteers from the Southwest Pacific Command, veterans of the New Guinea and Bougainville campaigns. A few Pacific veteran volunteers came from stockades where volunteering earned them their freedom. They were sprinkled throughout the unit and called “The Dead End Kids” after the Hollywood film series featuring juvenile delinquents. The unit was officially designated as 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) with the code name Galahad. The men were first sent to India arriving in Bombay on 31 October 1943 to train. Here they were reinforced with Air Corps and Signal Corps personnel, as well as an animal transport company with mules and experienced muleteers. Officers and men were equipped with U.S. Herringbone Twill (HBT) uniform cotton OD uniforms, M-1943 fatigues, Type II field shoes (with or without canvas leggings), jungle boots, canvas load-bearing equipment, blanket (one-half tent or “shelter-half” per man), poncho, and a machete or kukri for brush clearing. Small arms included the .30-06 M1 Garand, the .30-06 M1903A4 sniper rifle, the .30 M1 carbine, the .45 Thompson submachine gun, the .45 M1911 pistol, the .30-06 BAR (M1922 machine rifle version), and the .30 M1919 Browning air-cooled belt-fed machine gun. Mules were used to haul radios, ammunition, and heavier support weapons, including the 2.36-inch M1A1 bazooka and the U.S. 60 mm M2 Mortar;[6] the latter was often employed without its bipod in order to speed deployment. The 5307th was originally destined to train in long-range penetration tactics under the direction of Brigadier Charles Orde Wingate, commander of the Chindits. At Deolali, 200 km (125 miles) outside Bombay, the troops endured both physical conditioning and close-order drill, before entraining for Deogarh, Madhya Pradesh. The unit was to have 700 animals that included 360 mules. There were to be as many more but the ship that was carrying them was torpedoed in the Arabian Sea. They were replaced by 360 Australian Waler horses that had originally been with the 112th Cavalry in New Caledonia who were deemed unfit for jungle warfare. They had traveled to India where they served with the Chinese Army before being assigned to the…

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. 

This amazing Grouping consists of the following items for General Ford.   Three Star Generals Licence Plate – 1930s – Pre WWII Issue Generals Overcoat – Nice condition – Named on the interior Two Folders of Speeches – Till 1939 One folder – Confidential G2 – Breakfast with the President – super content in this folder Framed Photo from colleague Other Framed personal items Lieutenant General Stanley Hamer Ford (January 30, 1877 – January 19, 1961) was a senior officer of the United States Army. After serving in numerous conflicts and wars, including World War I, He was commander of the Philippine Department, 1st Infantry Division, Seventh Corps Area, Sixth Corps Area, and the Second Army. Ford was born on January 30, 1877, in Columbus, Ohio. Ford graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1898, and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was then commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry in the United States Army. Ford saw service in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish–American War, serving with the 16th Infantry in Cuba and the 25th Infantry in the Philippines. After the war he served in a series of staff and command assignments, including Infantry and Quartermaster postings to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Washington, D.C., and the installation now known as Fort Drum, New York. During World War I, he served as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 84th Infantry Division and Chief of Staff of the 27th Infantry Division. In recognition of his services during the war he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal. The citation for the medal reads: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Infantry) Stanley Hamer Ford, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of Staff of the 27th Division, Colonel Ford rendered valuable services in the operations of this division. By tireless energy, good judgment, and keen foresight he proved to be an important factor in the brilliant military operations of the 27th Division. He served as commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment from 1924 to 1926.[19][20][21] From 1926 to 1930 Ford served as Assistant Chief of Staff of the Army’s Military Intelligence Division. Ford attained the rank of brigadier general in 1930. In the early 1930s, General Ford served as military attache in Paris, France. He then commanded 1st Brigade 1st Infantry Division. After his brigade command, Ford took command of the Philippine Department. Ford was promoted to major general in 1936 and successively commanded 1st Infantry Division Seventh Corps Area, Sixth Corps Area,  and Second Army simultaneously with Sixth Corps Area. In October 1938 Ford took command of the Second Army, which was responsible for overseeing U.S. Army organizations in several mid-western and southern states. On 5 August 1939, he was promoted temporarily to lieutenant general in accordance with “An Act To provide for the rank and title of lieutenant general of the Regular Army.” He was one of the first four active duty officers promoted to lieutenant general since 1918., He was a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars. As commander of Second Army Ford oversaw execution of large scale maneuvers and exercises by active Army and National Guard troops that enhanced their readiness in anticipation of fighting in Europe and the Pacific during World War II. Awards and decorations Distinguished Service Medal – in recognition of his superior performance with the 27th Division in World War I. Spanish Campaign Medal Philippine Campaign Medal Cuban Pacification Medal World War I Victory Medal American Defense Service Medal Officer of the French Legion of Honor Belgian Croix de Guerre with palm In 1940 General Ford received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Ohio State University.   <p>