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From the collection of the National Park Service, National Mall and Memorial Parks.

pin, American Legion lapel

CATALOG NUMBER

VIVE 11602

ACCESSION DATE

11/04/1996

ASSOCIATED NAMES ON THE WALL
JACK R HARVEY TERENCE H HANLEY PAUL E GETCHELL JOHN E DUFFY RICHARD C DORITY EDWARD J DARCY CARL R CHURCHILL JOHN H BROOKS PETER G VLAHAKOS NEIL B TAYLOR WILLIAM S SANDERS DONALD M RUSSELL JOSEPH T MUSETTI JR JOHN N HUNTLEY MALCOLM A AVORE
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ITEM SUMMARY

Commemorative American Legion lapel pin dedicated to fifteen (15) Vietnam-era POW*MIA servicemembers from the State of Maine. The artifact was left at The Wall along with an associated commemorative POW*MIA bracelet (VIVE (11601)) by a donor(s) from American Legion Post #207 (Trenton, Maine) between September - November 1996.

ITEM DESCRIPTION

COMMEMORATIVE AMERICAN LEGION LAPEL PIN, FULL COLOR, DEDICATED TO U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT (LT) MALCOLM ARTHUR AVORE, U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT (SSG) JOHN HENRY RALPH BROOKS, U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN (CAPT) CARL RUSSELL CHURCHILL, U.S. AIR FORCE CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT (CMSGT) EDWARD JOSEPH DARCY, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) RICHARD CLAIR DORITY, U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN (CAPT) JOHN EVERETT DUFFY, U.S. AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LT COL) PAUL EVERETT GETCHELL, U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT (LT) TERENCE HIGGINS HANLEY, U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN (CAPT) JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEY, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) JOHN NORMAN HUNTLEY, U.S. NAVY ENGINEMAN, PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS (EN2) JOSEPH TONY MUSETTI, JR., U.S. AIR FORCE COLONEL (COL) DONALD MYRICK RUSSELL, U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN (CAPT) WILLIAM STEPHEN SANDERS, U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE (LTJG) NEIL BROOKS TAYLOR, & U.S. MARINE CORPS STAFF SERGEANT (SSGT) PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOS. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A BLUE, BROWN, & WHITE ENAMEL AND GOLD COLORED METAL PIN IN THE FORM OF A BLUE, GOLD TRIMMED GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF THE STATE OF MAINE. A GOLD TRIMMED, THREE (3) MASTED, WHITE SAILED, BROWN HULLED SAILBOAT IS DEPICTED AT THE UPPER EDGE OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE PIN, WHILE THE PHRASES, "AMERICAN LEGION / POST 207 / TRENTON MAINE" ARE EXECUTED IN GOLD, BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS BELOW THE SAILBOAT AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. THE MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER'S IDENTIFICATION, "TAIWAN" IS STAMPED IN RAISED, BLOCK LETTERING UPON THE CENTER OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, WHICH ITSELF CONSISTS OF TEXTURED, GOLD COLORED METAL. THE OBJECT IS AFFIXED TO DRESS VIA A SINGLE CLUTCHBACK AT THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. THE OBJECT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VIVE (11601).

ACCESSION GROUP

VIVE-00155

RECORD COPONENT QTY

1

ASSOCIATED ITEM TEXT

Text of the block lettering inscription upon the obverse object surface, as well as of the stamped inscription upon the reverse object surface, is transcribed in full, as follows: [Obverse object surface, block lettering inscription] "AMERICAN LEGION / POST 207 / TRENTON MAINE" / [Reverse object surface, stamped inscription] "TAIWAN"

ITEM DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT

Item Weight: 3.6g
Item Length: 2.6cm
Item Width: 1.8cm
Item Depth: 0.7cm (Thickness)