United States. A Pacific Theater Group, Headquarters Battery, 135Th Field Artillery Battalion, 37Th Infantry Division

Includes: 

1. Bronze Star Medal. 

2. Purple Heart with Ribbon Bar: engraved "JOHN H. HINSON" on the reverse. 

3. Army Good Conduct Medal.  

4. American Campaign Medal. 

5. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two Bronze Campaign Stars. 

6. World War II Victory Medal. 

All six medals with an original ribbon and brooch pinback. 

Also included are: 

7. Bronze Star Medal Lapel Badge. 

8. Purple Heart Lapel Badge. 

9. U.S. Army Collar Disk. 

10. U.S. Army Infantry Collar Disk. 

11. Honorable Service Lapel Button (AKA "Ruptured Duck" Button). 

12. 37th Infantry Division Patch: in red and white embroidery, measuring 60 mm in diameter. 

Near extremely fine.

Footnote: 38-421-893 John Henry Hinson Jr. was born in Louisiana and was a resident of Texas when he enlisted with the United States Army. During the Second World War, he served as a Field Artillery Lineman with the Headquarters Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion, 37th Infantry Division. He is credited with having participated in the Solomon Islands Campaign and was present at the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines. He was one of 6,807 Bronze Star Medal recipients with the 37th Infantry Division and was wounded in action, earning him the Purple Heart, one of 4,861 members of the division who were wounded in action.