Hi All,
When I was 17-18 I did a bit of trekking in Papua New Guinea seeing allot of the battle fields and trekking the length of the Kokoda track. Ever since then I have always had an interest in militaria relating to the campaign in New Guinea. I have found a few Australian pieces from the campaign however have always had a hard time finding US stuff from these early battles of the pacific war.
The group consists of the 4 pocket, pants and 2 shirts of Hugo A*R*M*B*R*E*C*H*T of Colo Iowa. He entered active service January 1942 and shipped to Australia and the war in the pacific in April of 1942. On 1st of January 1943 he was serving with Co M, 127th Infantry, 32nd ID when he was awarded a silver star for actions outside of Buna, New Guinea. I need to try do some more research but it sounds like he was a sniper. July 44 he returned to the states with Dengue fever. He hen served with Co D 17th Infantry Training Battalion.
Posting this again here after getting 5 views in the named section.
Thanks
Jason

