![]() ![]() International shipments are invoiced by DIMENSIONAL weight, not the item weight. ![]() Buyers should be aware that large, framed, fragile or odd shaped items can incur substantial shipping and packing charges. Handling and shipping charges will be added to the invoice in one entry. Signature is always required, unless other arrangements are made. Due to complications from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we will ship with USPS Priority Mail only if the buyer submits their request to us in writing and accepts responsibility for delayed shipments. Shipments are sent via FedEx and DHL (for most overseas shipments) or FedEx Ground at the auctioneer's option. 407 3-19-45 IWA-O JIMA', three chest ribbons with four battle stars, World War II service medal, a 1946 'LOVE' bracelet made of Philippine coins, some buttonhole badges, 23 pieces of torn American bills, once part of a lengthy 'short-snorter' that Hosler probably tore up at war's end and shared with his closest friend.Īmerican Express, COD (cash on delivery), Discover, MasterCard, Money Order / Cashiers Check, Paypal, Personal Check, Visa, Wire Transfer Shipping Also present is Hosler's small handmade canvas bag, 6 x 4.5 in., marked: U.S.S.Y.M.S. His last entry, made upon returning home in New York, includes a prayer thanking God for returning his safe and in good health, and hoping for the safety of the crewmen still serving upon the YMS-407. 1st.500 yds off port side men are blowing each other to bits.' Later entries are often condensed, noting Hosler's desire to transfer, the rescue of a B-29 pilot, shooting down attacking bombers, refitting at Saipan, minesweeping in Japan, men lost in a typhoon, etc. A shit house full of 50 cal and mortar fire on us.Jap corpse gutted laying on aft.Mar. ![]() Here come dive bombers again.Shot bombers down just ahead of bow.Rocket bomb all but took engines out of engine bed.Lots of star shells up.Feb. 26 Flame throwers working on beach at high hard rock.days and nights without chow or sleep has the crew down. Beach a mass of wreckage of ships, tanks. Gruesome task headless and legless corpse go by.Dead, wounded and dying 7000. 19 Air raids by japs Scatter to sea.to hide from bombers.Feb. japs are firing machine gun fire at us from cover.here we go.for a try at the other side of island.a line of fire 3 blocks long just over rail.giving us fire protection.Feb. The Navy's largest battleships are firing over and between us.gun crew knock out 3 pill boxes, hit a truck.high volcano end of island. What is this war why do we fight.Heavy fire as we go up to the beach.Our guns are now firing. God be with us on this sweep up the island.Some strange looks on the crew members faces. We have to turn back.Planes dive bombing the beach front. Gunfire from Jap shore batteries is too much. Battle ships have been shelling the island for 4 days and nites. 17 is headed 'Invasion of Iwo Jima' and reads in part: '.Alarm sounded for battle stations at 0430. 17, 1945 to his return to New York on Dec. The flag is accompanied by Hosler's sporadically-kept diary, 36pp. Additionally, Hosler was a comparatively 'old man' at age 36, probably older than the vessel's captain, and may have been given the battle flag out of respect for his long service. It makes sense that this flag flew during a battle, as a routine sea-flown flag would have been replaced long before deteriorating to such a state. The soot-blackened flag bears the issue stamp of the Mare Island depot, with a slightly rust-stained note, ca. and appropriate for a vessel of this size. This grouping includes a battle-torn, shredded American flag, approx. Others, being of shallow draft, accompanied the landing craft much farther into shore providing cover fire and knocking-out enemy gun emplacements. These small, lightly-armed vessels were the first on the scene at Iwo, some placing underwater demolition teams in place near shore to clear mines and obstacles and in turn drawing heavy Japanese fire. The 136 YMS-407 was launched on September, 1943 and Hosler is shown on muster rolls as serving aboard the vessel at least as early as December, 1943. This grouping originates from Navy Fireman 1st Class Christopher Hays Hosler of West Orange, New Jersey, born in Pittsburgh in 1909 and serving aboard the YMS-1 Class Auxilliary Minesweeper YMS-407. 26, 1945, which took the lives of almost 50,000 American and Japanese soldiers, with a total of 20,000 Marines and naval personnel wounded. Navy grouping from the pivotal battle of Iwo Jima, Feb. IWO JIMA BATTLE DIARY, MINESWEEPER FLAG, AND SAILOR'S EFFECTSĪn important U.S. ![]()
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