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56th Fighter Group
62nd Fighter Squadron
Original
Period Photo Collection
Lt John W. B. Gage
KIA February 16, 1945 over Tokyo Bay
VF81 Hellcat Pilot stationed on the USS WASP
Shot down one Japanese plane before being shot down himself
Extremely RARE Engraved Posthumous Awarded Navy Medal Group
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Lt Karl-Heinz Greve
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Knights Cross and above medals/cloth
Soldbuch, Reichspass, Pilots License, Logbook
Honor Goblet 835 Silver, Fantastic Photoalbum, Maps and much more
Lots of documents, newspaper articles and paperwork dating from the
1930' to 1981
when he retired as a 3 Star General from NATO/West German Airforce
Group even includes the Legion of Merit he was awarded with official
document!
This group was acquired directly from the Knights Cross Winners Son
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KIA Purple Heart Group
Lt. Axel E. Sahlin Jr
Serial # 02008485
78th Infantry Division - Company K
310th Infantry Regiment - 3d Battalion - US Army
Killed by a sniper on April 9, 1945 in Stieg Germany
The most complete ORIGINAL documentaion of a KIA purple heart hero
imaginable
Alex Sahlin received his field commission to Lieutenant 5 days
before his death
His father, Axel E. Sahlin Sr, was a well known typographer who worked
for
Elbert Hubbard(who died aboard the Lusitania) and the Roycrofters
Sahlin Sr literally saved everything concerning his sons military career
and death
The group includes three huge professional grade binders full of miscellaneous
items
including two George S. Patton signed letters, one General Patton signed
photo,
one General Eisenhower signed letter, Sahlins engraved medals with
award documents and
hundreds of photos and letters from his fellow soldiers and commanders
describing the details of his death
The 310th was a very famous Regiment instrumental in many of the important
battles at the end of the War in Europe
Rollesbroich, Simmerath, Kesternich, Konzen, Schmidt, Remagen and Wuppertal
etc.
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