Lot 4123

Description

USA, Group of Nine: Air Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal; American Campaign Medal; Korean Service Medal with three stars; Armed Services Reserve Medal; Long Service Medal; National Defense Medal; UN Korea Medal, unnamed as issued; also US Presidential Unit Citation, dog tags, silver Navigator Wings in full size and miniature, collection of cloth WWII patches, metal rank insignia and ribbon bars, all these attributed to Lt later Major Duncan Ingraham, Army Air Corps; the lot also includes a massive collection of other material including large bag of 1943-44 period photographs taken in the Pacific of planes, locals, and other scenes, also numerous personal papers IDs, passes, documents, numerous letters home, A3 size comical discharge from Korea 1953, 2 x A4 studio portraits in uniform, half a dozen large official files of personal record of service, roles of unit members, operations and heaps more (5 inches thick), photograph album (approx 200 images) mostly pre war with focus on his Basketball team, and also included is a 1930s T-shirt with embroidered emblem on back and Dunk on front, also material University Basketball blazer patches (2), three University books 1940-41, 42 and squadron Unit History, hand painted desk plaque of mountains and sea with name of Lt Duncan G Ingraham unit patch and US Air Force, and finally a most significant service bombing in Balikpapan. Fine - extremely fine, a comprehensive collection compiled by a WWII officer of 72 Bombardment Group. (lot)