AUSTRALIAN MADE WW2 USN / USMC DOCTOR'S CAP

Description: BEAUTIFUL, AUSTRALIAN TAILOR MADE, FORREST GREEN GABARDINE CAP WITH DULL FINISH U.S.N. OFFICER'S DEVICE ON LEFT FRONT AND GILT LT. COMMANDER'S DEVICE ON THE RIGHT - EXACTLY AS IT WAS WORN BY DOCTOR PAUL-CLUTZ AS A NAVY DOCTORY ASSIGNED TO THE 1st MARINE DIVISION. SEGMENTS OF HIS UNIQUE SERVICE HISTORY ARE POSTED BELOW. CAP SIZE IS 7 3/8 - BOLDLY NAMED IN 2 PLACES. NICE USED CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE, MOTH NIPS OR ABUSE.In April 1941, Dr. Paul Clutz enlisted in the Navy Medical Corps, seven months before the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor led the government to officially declare war. He had previously been an Army Reserve Artillery Officer for 8 years. So instead of assigning him to be a ships doctor, the Navy assigned the ex-Army officer to the Marine Corps. Thus in May, Paul left for Camp Lejeune and Parris Island for amphibious combat training with the Marines. Paul was assigned to the First Marine Division in the South Pacific and with them as they made the first landing at Guadalcanal. Knowing his artillery expertise, the Marines had him moonlight as a forward artillery observer to help fend off the desperate Japanese attacks on the Marine beach head. Malaria was a deadly opponent in the jungles of Guadalcanal. Paul was not immune. He would deal marlaria's symptoms through the rest of his life. It was the only thing that later could sometimes keep him from holding his normal office hours and making his daily house calls.In 1944 he was reassigned back to the States to work at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital. In early 1945, Lt. Cdr. Clutz was ordered to Pearl Harbor on a difficult management and diplomatic mission. He was ordered to shut down a home-brew penicillin manufacturing operation that was the darling of the Oahu Junior League. Those society women had been recruited by his predecessor to collect bandages and coffee cans. In a shed lined with shelves, the penicillin fungus was grown in a water solution in the cans, with the bandages allowed to soak in the mixture. These were shipped off to the battlefront aide stations, but the weak concentration of penicillin in the bandages was minimally effective at stopping infections. By 1945, real pharmaceutical companies were making vials of high strength penicillin for use with hypodermic syringes, making the Hawaiian home-brew bandages obsolete. Lt. Cdr. Clutz quickly shut down the operation, as ordered, but at the cost of the ill-will of the Junior League ladies who'd been deprived of their self-important contribution to the winning of the war in the Pacific. He would not have been invited to their victory parties!I ALWAYS SHIP PROMPTLY WITH REASONABLE SHIPPING COST AND ALWAYS LEAVE GREAT FEEDBACK FOR A COMPLETED TRANSACTION!BUYER ALERT - EBAY DELIVERY ESTIMATES CAN BE OFF BY SEVERAL DAYS! PLEASE READ!I'M NOT NEW TO EBAY AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS #1! YOUR QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME! CONTACT ME FIRST IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS AND WE'LL MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU - FAST AND FRIENDLY!PAYMENT RECEIVED PROMPTLY FACILITATES THE QUICKEST HANDLING TIME! I'M HAPPY TO COMBINE ITEMS FOR WINNING BIDDERS AND USUALLY SHIP FOR THE COST OF ONE ITEM IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLE INSIGNIA OR SIMILAR SMALL ARTICLES. EVERYTHING I SHIP IS CAREFULLY PACKED FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND MINE. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT TO COMBINE SHIPMENTS - I'M NOT FOND OF SLOW PAYS UNLESS THERE IS A REASON FOR IT! I’M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN BUYING OR TRADING FOR VIETNAM ARMY AVIATION MEMORABILIA AND IT'S NOT FOR RE-SALE!

Price: 199.99 USD

Location: Kansas City, Kansas

End Time: 2024-09-17T03:55:51.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5 USD