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Vtg WWII Post War US Army Berlin Photo Album Bullion Patch Stein MP Pistol Group For Sale
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Vtg WWII Post War US Army Berlin Photo Album Bullion Patch Stein MP Pistol Group: $695.00
NOTE: THIS LISTING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS LISTING AS IT INCORPORATES NEW ITEMS FOUND AT JAMES C. CORCORAN\'S ESTATE. Up for sale is a vintage estate find grouping for James C. Corcoran and his wife Clarice D. Defenbau from late 1945 postwar Berlin, Germany up through 1955, Clarice \"Sue\" was with the US Army in Germany for 10 years, 1945 - 1955, and James was in Germany with the US Army MP for 3 - 4 years, from 1952 - 1955 where they met sometime in 1952, and shows James C. Corcoran\'s US Army career through the early 1950\'s - 1960\'s with slightly over 700 combined photos. This is a great piece of postwar occupied Germany history as well as a nice group for Military Police and Military Marksmanship / Shooting enthusiasts. I was contemplating breaking this grouping into a few separate groups but I didn\'t have the heart to do it as the entire grouping weaves a postwar story together of a US Army couple who met and were married in Germany, stayed until 1955, and then went back to the states moving with James C. Corcoran\'s US Army orders. It appears James C. Corcoran moved up the ranks as far as Lieutenant Commander in the US Army and retired in the early to mid 1960\'s and became an architect.This grouping consists of the following items: 1) 1 EA - Photo Album - Creme Cover - Clarice D. Defanbau from age 5 through late teens in 1942 - 285 Photos 2) 1 EA - Photo Album - Green Cover - Clarice D. Defanbau in Berlin Germany as a Department of the Army Civilian - 128 Photos + another 27 loose photos 3) Photo Album - Brown Cover - Clarice D. Defenbau as an US Army Civilian, likely circa 1947 - 1952 - 238 Photos 4) 1 EA - 1945 Military Intelligence Division Certificate to Carlice E. Defenbau with War Dept. envelope 5) 2 EA - Circa 1945 - 1946 US Army Berlin Bullion Patches 6) 1 EA - 1950 Loyola University of the South Yearbook (Louisiana) for James C. Corcoran with Junior year photo 7) 1 EA - Provost Corps Loyola Battalion Certificate of Membership for James C. Corcoran dated 1950 8) 1 EA - 1951 Loyola University of the South (Louisiana) Yearbook for James C. Corcoran with Senior year photo and Company \"A\" ROTC group photo as Sergeant 9) 18 EA - Company D 307th Military Police 8 x 10 photos for James C. Corcoran circa 1952 10) 1 EA - Company D 307th Military Police letterhead circa 1952 11) 1 EA - Farewell Dinner menu for 540 MP - 2nd Lt. James C. Corcoran - 1953 12) 1 EA - Farewell Dinner menu for 540 MP - Miss Denfanbau - 1953 13) 1 EA - 540 MP Corcoran name tag - 1953 14) 1 EA - 540 MP Stein dated 1952 - 1955 Frankfurt for James C. Corcoran 15) 1 EA - 540 MP Stein dated August 1953 for James C. Corcoran 16) 1 EA - 540 MP Mug for Corky, James C. Corcoran,with writing:JCH HAB SO HEIMWEH NACH MEINEM BERLIN, translation: I\'M SO HOMESICK FOR MY BERLIN 17) 1 EA - New Year Nurnberg dinner photo of Defenbau & Corcoran together, pre marriage, circa 1953 18) 1 EA - 1953 Berlin theater made ash tray 19) 1 EA - 540 MP Shooting score card for James C. Corcoran - 1954 20) 1 EA - Clarice D. Corcoran wooden desk since circa 1953 - 1955 (the couple were married sometime in 1953) 21) 1 EA - 5\" x 7\" Pistol Box Photo 22) 1 EA - James C. Corcoran\'s actual wooden pistol box, likely used from the mid 1950\'s onward 23) 1 EA - 5\" x 7\" Pistol Range photo in Grants Pass, OR - James C. Corcoran LTC 24) 4 EA - 8\" x 10\" photos of James C. Corcoran at Fort Bliss, Texas - circa late 1950\'s - 1960? 25) 1 EA - 8\" x 10\" New Mexico State Reserve Pistol Champ Los Alamos, NM photo - James C. Corcoran shown receiving 1st place trophy 26) 1 EA - New Mexico US Army Pistol Team Patch27) 1 EA - New Mexico Holloman AFB, NM bullet shaped patch - 1959 28) 1 EA - 1959 Camp Perry Ohio Small Arms Firing Squad Booklet 29) 1 EA - Flamingo Pistol Tournament 1960 Coral Gables Miami Florida patch 30) 4 EA - Lt Colonel 8\" x 10\" presentation ceremony photos for James C. Corcoran 31) 1 EA - Fort Lee Virginia glass ash tray Shipping to run $115.00 in the USA. Shipping to USA only due to bulky 24\" x 24\" x 18\" box size and 51 lb total packed weight of grouping. All items will be carefully and securely package so that this entire grouping will arrive intact. Good luck & God Bless!!! Some history on the couple: James C. Corcoran and Clarice \"Sue\" D. Corcoran were married for 63 years!!! Clarice passed away on March 26, 2017 at the age of 93. James C. Corcoran recently passed away January 2, 2024 at the age of 96. A portion of Clarice Corcoran\'s 2017 obituary reads, \"When WWII started she went to Washington DC to work for the U.S. Government. When the war was ended she volunteered to go to Germany with the occupation forces. She was a Department of the army Civilian. She was one of the first American girls in Berlin in December 1945. She was in Germany for ten years. In 1952 she met a young 2nd Lieutenant and a year later she married James C. Corcoran...Because of her husband\'s involvement in competitive shooting she became a range officer for the 1984 and 1996 Shooting Olympics.\"
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