| Description | Elmer (Bud) Evans Collection
a.US Army Class A green military uniform Eisenhower jacket. Short waist jacket with Snap closure and waist. Two chest pockets with box pleats and button down flaps. There are two inside chest pockets. Made of wool and lined with cotton. Size 36R tag in neckline and stamped on lining. E-6419 written with black marker on lining. Right lower arm has U.S. ARMY WWII GOLD WREATH MERITRIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION PATCH. Right Arm has US ARMY FOURRAGERE FRENCH WWII GREEN & RED SHOULDER CORD AIGUILLETTES. Right lapel has US Brass and Branch Insignia "Brave Cannons" pin. Above right chest pocket is "Ruptured Duck" patch/ Honorable discharge Emblem. There is a gold framed purple ribbon for an Army Presidential Citation with one palm leaf. Left lapel has Army brass and Branch Insignia pins. Expert Mechanics award pinned on Right Pocket. Left Arm has 2nd Armored Division unit patch that reads Hell on Wheels. Forearm has six gold over seas stripes and one diagonal Service stripe.
b. Green woolen long sleeve shirt. Shirt has two large pocket with flaps on front. 2nd Armored Division, Hell on Wheels patch on left shoulder.
c. Chart - "Possible Ways to Crash the Axis Gates" Paper has 7 charts and maps.
d. German Metal with Ribbons. Ribbon is striped outside in, blue, white, red and yellow. White and blue square pin is attached. At the bottom hangs a swastika metal.
e. Souvenir Scarf from Normandie, France. Pink silk scarf with a seen from Normandie, France painted on one side. It reads Souvenir from France "Normandie" "Auffay"
f. Le Tomahawk and XIX Corps article and map. Article is titled, "Le Tomahawk: XIX Corps in Action" Other side has a Map.
g. "Hell on Wheels" Map- War Against the Axis 1942-1943-1944-1945
h. Second Armored Division Book. Story of the 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion and 195th Anti-Aircraft Battalion. Contains records of various battles fought in. In the back, is a section to write personal stories.
i. How to identify warplanes pamphlet. Contains diagrams and maps.
j. Salt Lake Tribune News Paper dated June 7, 1914 |
