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Captain Millett's bayonet attack in Korea. He was later awadred the Medal of Honor for his actions.

A picture of Captain Lewis Millett in the Hall of Honor.

Bob

A paratrooper which has combat movie footage showing in the canopy.

A G.I. writing a letter in Korea.

Bob

A wall full of posters from WW I.

A scene from Omaha Beach, WW II. Not being able to use flash made it tough to take pictures.

Bob

Scenes from the Spanish American War and World War I Trench Warfare.

Bob

A view from the balcony of the second floor showing the enterance into the museum. Notice the troops on the right hand side of the picture. They have a test and the squad leader has the questions and the whole squad participates in finding the answers in the displays.

Bob

The National Infantry Museum, and Soldier Center is located just outside the checkpoint at Fort Benning, Georgia. It is free to the public but donations are accepted. Flash photography inside the building is not allowed.

Bob

Nice find Paul!!

Bob

I believed that the Ying/Yang symbol were originally intended to be little badges on the medal ribbon, but often fell off which is why later versions have ribbons with the design woven in?

BP

Bp

Thank you for the information.

Bob

Paul,

Nice flag!! It's too bad your ex got rid of the other one as like you say, you can never replace the original.

Bob

Ammar has posted this same medal on the Iraqi Militaria Forum and asked what we thought of it.If I was to see this medal at a military show or on ebay, I would think it is a fancier Saddam Portrait Medal. There are many kinds of Saddam badges with him facing many different ways. Your sample has a nice patina on the reverse and the ribbon is used on other medals. We may start to see more different badges and medals come out of Iraq so we can't just judge something different as a fake or fantasy item. Finding proof one way or the other will be the hard part.

Posted is a Saddam Portrait Badge in my collection and is also on page 98 of my book that has a similar design as your medal but Saddam is facing a different way.

Bob

A reconstructed cell fro the "Hanoi Hilton".

Movies of prisoners being interrogated and still pictures of prisoners.

Bob

Vietnam War Rules for American Prisoners.

A "tiger cage" for holding American Prisoners.

Bob

American Prisoners in the Korean War.

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A radio receiver made by a prisoner in Stalag 7-A and 17-B.

Bob

A pair of straw sandals worn by George Mayberry in a Japanese POW Camp.

Bob

A Red Cross food package that was sent to POWs.

A Stalag 17-B daily ration of coffee cubes, a small amount of food and a mug made from a butter tin

used by one of the prisoners, F.G. "Ted" Perkins.

Bob

A "Hell on Earth" flag from some of the survivors of the Bataan Death march.

The sinking of the Oryoka Maru in the Manila Harbor.

Bob

View of an escape tunnel at Andersonville.

First War Crimes Trial of Captain Henry Wirz..

Bob

A painting of Andersonville Prison by one of the prisoners.

Ball and chain shackle.

Bob

Andersonville POW uniform.

Lock and key from a gate at Andersonville Prison.

Bob

POW identification items. "Dog tags", Identification bracelets and identification books.

Bob

The National Prisoner of War Museum opened in 1998 and is dedicated to the American men and women who have suffered as prisoners of war. The museum is a part of the Andersonville National Historic Site at Andersonville, GA.

It is hard taking pictures inside a building with so much glass reflection but I tried my best. What pictures do you take since there are so many exhibits? Below are some of the pictures I took.

What is a P.O.W.?

Bob

Chris and alf,

Thanks for the correction on the translation on the reverse.

Bob

Reverse of wing and maker's mark.

Bob

This is an Silver Egyptian Paratroop Wing I picked up at the military show in October. It was with a bunch of items that came out of Baghdad, Iraq.

Does anyone know what the red cloth backing behind the wing represents?

Could Iraqi's wear Egyptian Wings? Did the Iraqi's once train with Egyptian Paratroopers? They are

3-5/8 in. wide and 1-5/16 in. high.

The reverse is marked Tawfeeq Al Shami who was an Egyptian Orders and Medals designer.

Bob