WW1 American Doughboy Officer's Metal Dog Tag Found in France

Description: A very nice example of a WW-I US ‘Doughboy' Officer's Metal Dog Tagc.1917-1918 with a possible famous WW-II connection..! Americas’ first combat troops (known as ‘Doughboys’) landed in Europe in June 1917 and under the command of General J Pershing, some 7 Divisions of the First Army (comprising 500,000 men), went into action at the Battle of St Mihiel in September 1918 and the Battle of Argonne between September 27th to October 6th 1918 By War’s end on Nov 11th 1918, the American Expeditionary Force had lost 53,000 men KIA and 204,000 wounded, plus another 63,000 lost to ‘Spanish Influenza’ But America now had an army well-versed in the strategy of modern warfare. Captain Arthur William Wermuth Sr. was born on 7 June 1890, in Chicago, Illinois, United States and married Clara Natalie Lorenz on 19 May 1914 and were known to have had a son and a daughter. Surviving the Great War he returned to Chicago where died on 17 April 1937. An interesting fact is that there was also a very famous Arthur W. Wermuth, (born in 1915) who served in the Far East with US Forces in WW-II,fighting against the Japanese and who, in January 1942, won a DSC,(awarded by General Douglas MacArthur) for killing between 106 & 116 Japanese soldiers. He later went on to be awarded a Silver Star and 3 Purple Hearts Fighting in the Philippines as part of the 57th Infantry Regiment of Phillipe Scouts, and a former US football Star, his acts of derring-do earned him the ‘One Man Army of Bataan’. Returning to the US post-war, this 'second' Arthur W. Wermuth becamethe Sherriff of Jefferson County in Colorado, dying in June 1981.. We cannot confirm a direct link to Captain Arthur W. Wermuth (on our First World War dog tag, found in France),but wonder if he could possibly be the father of the WW-II hero in the Far East, given that Arthur W. Wermuth 'Senior' had a son a year after marrying in 1914..? We are now most grateful to Attorney George Conleyfrom the US who kindly made contact to support our theory by generously sharing hisresearch with us to confirm that ‘our’ WW-I Captain Arthur W. Wermuth was indeed the father of the WW-II Hero of Bataan & 'The One Many Army' the son having been given the same name as his father. Attorney Conley also kindly informed us that the 'MRC' on the dog-tag is forMedical Reserve CorpsThank you George, we are most grateful for your generous input! (Colour & B/W photos courtesy of The Tomahawk Films WW-II Archive)(B/W Newspaper cuttings courtesy of Attorney George Conley) Thanks for looking..!

Price: 85 GBP

Location: Winchester, Hampshire

End Time: 2024-12-25T11:03:13.000Z

Shipping Cost: 24.3 GBP

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Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued

The Western Front: The Somme

Douglas MacArthur: Philippines

RFC: Royal Flying Corps

Pershing: Chicago

Ypres: Passchendale

Alsace Lorraine: Doughboy

Iron Cross: Victoria Cross

Battles for the Aisne: Chemin des Dames

Bataan: Michigan

Vimy Ridge: Verdun

Country/ Organization: US Army