General Robert Beightler
Details Of The Artifact
Four pockets service coat named to General Beightler dated 1-18-46
A Bit of history about General Beightler
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into the war General Beightler lead the 37th Division throughout the battle in the Pacific theater of operations. The "Buckeye Division” participated in numerous battles, including at New Georgia, Bougainville, and the Battle of Manila. At the end of the war, and to recognize his leadership abilities General Beightler was the only World War II National Guard general to have commanded his division for the length of the war. In 1950, was appointed the Deputy Military Governor of Okinawa, where he oversaw the rebuilding of its infrastructure.
General Frank Bowman
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Details Of The Artifact
All orginal 4 pocket service coat quartermaster dated January 1945. Obtained directly from the family
A Bit of history about Frank Bowman
Taken from the book Command Missions a Personal Storyby Lt. General Lucian Truscott. “Road maintenance and repair imposed enormous burdens upon the army engineers. Floods washed away temporary repairs and bridges. Landslides frequently blocked roads. Snow plows were in almost continuous use. Engineer assistance was required to move. Stalled vehicle vehicles. Traffic congestion made road maintenance extremely difficult. Nevertheless, in the face of all these obstacles, Brigadier General Frank Bowman and his engineers, employing all available road building and maintenance equipment, the labor of hundreds of soldiers, and thousands of Italian laborers kept the roads open and steadily improved them in preparation for the spring offensive. No troops in the army perform more valiant work than the engineers.”