Identified WWII Grouping First Sergeant David G. Reynolds 14th Armored Division
Item #: WR1689
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This is an identified grouping of First Sergeant David G. Reynolds of Converse, Indiana from World War II. Reynolds joined the Army on 2 April, 1942 as a Private in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is shown as a Private attending the communications course at the Armored Force School at Fort Knox, Kentucky in May, 1942. In September, 1942 he completed the communications course at Fort Knox, Kentucky as a qualified radio operator for armored vehicles. After graduating from the Communications course Reynolds was assigned to B Battery, 499th Armored Field Artillery, 14th Armored Division at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. The 14th Armored Division arrived in France on 29 October, 1944 and would go on to earn campaign streamers for the Rhineland, Central Europe and Ardennes-Alsace campaigns. The 14th Armored Division earned a Presidential Unit Citation for their part in the Ardennes-Alsace campaign. This grouping is made up of First Sergeant Reynolds' Eisenhower jacket, his Pattern 1940 four pocket dress coat, his M1 helmet with Westinghouse liner, Khaki service cap, three overseas caps, an over night zippered bag, his Camp Chaffee camp booklet, his cased Purple Heart Medal set, Good Conduct Medal, extra rank, patches and ribbons, three military style whistles. his laundry bag, military drivers license, assorted paperwork, photos and war time souvenirs. The items Reynolds brought home with him include a Luftwaffe K98 ammo pouch, WWI Iron Cross, rank pips, and two small German made photo albums. The Eisenhower jacket is marked with Reynolds' laundry number of R-0613. The left sleeve has a four wheeled Tank Destroyer patch, First Sergeant rank, three overseas stripes and one service stripe sewn on it. The right sleeve has a 14th Armored patch and First Sergeant rank sewn on it. An Artillery branch collar disc is on the left side and a standard US is on the right. Pinned above the left breast pocket is a Bronze Star Medal ribbon, Purple Heart Medal ribbon, Good Conduct Medal ribbon, WWII Victory Medal ribbon, American Campaign, Medal ribbon and an European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal ribbon with three campaign stars. An honorable discharge patch is sewn over the right breast pocket. There is a dark blue shoulder cord worn on the left shoulder, but I do not know what it represents. David Reynolds' Pattern 1940 dress coat is also marked with his laundry number in the collar, and also on the back side of the lower right pocket with REYNOLDS D G/P.X-No 7. The left sleeve has a 14th Armored patch and Technical Sergeant rank sewn on it. The right sleeve has the Technical Sergeant rank sewn on it. The collar brass is for Artillery and the standard US. There are no ribbons on the dress coat. All the buttons are still present on both jackets, all stitching is strong and unbroken. Virtually every US issued item is marked with Reynolds' name, rank, service number or laundry number. This grouping is pretty substantial, and represents a late war unit that fought in some of the bloodiest, hard fought campaigns of the European theater. The 14th Armored Division, of which the 499th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was in support of, suffered 2690 casualties during six months of combat. First Sergeant David George Reynolds survived the war and returned with the rest of the "Greatest Generation" to help build America into the greatest democracy the world has ever known.
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