Historical and military addresses, MOH success!

[ciwindle325]

Today, 8-19-12, I received MOH recipients: Robert Ingram, Wesley Fox, Harold Fritz, Thomas Burner, Jack Jacobs, and Kenneth Stumpf. Sent SASE, LOR, and index cards to all between 7-30-12 and 8-9-12 to home addresses. Got back either my index card, MOH cards or both from all. I also sent to Frederick Ferguson on 8-9-12. I got back a typed note in my SASE that also contained my LOR. The note basically stated that he doesn't give autographs because he didn't want people profiting from his military service. Anyone who wants the addresses just PM me and I'll send the address ASAP.

[Phillies747]

I have gotten van t barfoot a few months before he died. He was a moh recipient. RIP

[ciwindle325]

Sent to MOH recipient Colonel Robert J. Modrzejewski on 8-25-12. I sent an LOR, SASE and index card to his home address. On 8-30-12 I received my index card signed in my SASE.

[DoubleEnvelopment]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Matt and this is my first post on this site.

Recently I got interested in collecting WWII autographs and in mid October I sent out 5 letters to WWII CMOH Recipients.

I got two replies:

Hershel Williams
- last surviving Iwo Jima CMOH Recipient

Robert "Bob" Dale Maxwell
- received the CMOH for ''falling on a grenade" to save his comrades.

A short time ago I sent out a second batch to CMOH Recipients from both Korea and WWII.

If anyone has any idea how to write to non-CMOH Recipients who particiapted in WWII I would be interested in how or where to find them at.

I am particularly looking for the addresses of (both American and Japanese participants) :
USS Indianapolis Survivors
Wake Island Defenders
Hibakusha (bomb survivors)
Tarawa Veterans
Guadalcanal Veterans
Saipan Veterans
Iwo Jima Veterans
Okinawa Veterans
you get this idea....

If anyone knows the address of Sidney "Sid" Phillips in Mobile, I would love to get his autograph along with his sisters. They were both featured in "The War" by Ken Burns and they both are great story tellers!


Thanks!
-Matt

[jeff7915]

Hi Matt-

I hope your autograph collecting is going well.

Over the past year or so I have been collecting autographs from MOH recipients and other members of the military, with bouts of Football & Boxing HOFers requests spread out in between.

From December 2011 thru February 2012 I received 21 replies from MOH recipients including 3 that are now deceased.

Since November, I've been sending out requests to various members of the military, mostly those who participated in WWII. So far I have received the following:

12 World War II Aces
6 USS Indianapolis survivors
2 members from Band of Brothers
1 Korean War Ace
1 member of Black Sheep Squadron.

New replies are being received sporadically and the list keeps growing.

Let me know if you are interested in any of the above "categories" and I can give you a working address. (provided I didn't throw it away and have trouble finding it again).

JEFF-

[Toccoa]

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[DoubleEnvelopment]

I had two recent successes
1 Francis Currey via Congressional Medal of Honor Society
2 Roger Donlon via his personal address

If anyone needs Rogers address please pm me for details
-Matt

[2kAutograph]

-USS Indianapolis Survivors-

[2kAutograph]

-USS Indianapolis Survivors-
Sam Lopez
717 Thomas Ave.
Fairmont, WV 26554
USA
James Jarvis
3222 Oaklynn St NW
Uniontown, OH 44685
USA
John Woolston
1015 Wilder #A804
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA
Edgar Harrell
114 Hunt Crest Court
Clarksville, TN 37043-6747
USA
Melvin Jacob
426 Park St
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
USA
Louis H. Erwin
4340 Duvall Street, East Ridge
Chattanooga, TN 37412
USA
Cleatus Lebow
PO Box 96
Memphis, TX 79245
USA
Paul J. Murphy (may not sign as he believes things he signs ends up on Ebay-signs note though)
14055 Dogleg Lane
Broomfield, CO 80020
USA
Clarence Hupka
205 N First
Cook, NE 68329
USA
Harold J. Bray
400 Vista Ct
Benicia CA 94510
USA
Harlan Twible
323 Hernando Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34243-2031
USA
Donald McCall
1814 Broadmoor Drive
Champaign, IL 61821
USA
Albert O. Morris
2619 Nesmith Lake Blvd
Akron, OH 44314
USA
Richard Thelen
USS Indianapolis Survivors Organization
1811 Rizzi Lane
Bartlett IL 60103
USA
Lyle E. Umenhoffer
8925 E. Greenwood
San Gabriel, CA 91775
USA
Felton J. Outland (may be unable to sign)
1669 Highway 158E
Sunbury, NC 27979
USA
Arthur L. Leenerman
1709 S. Division ST
APT. 40
Mahomet, IL. 61853-3750
USA

[2kAutograph]

-Hibakusha-
-Hiroshima-
Koko Kondo
c/o Nuclear Studies Institute
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
USA
Shuntaro Hida
c/o NIHON HIDANKYO
Gable Bldg. #902
1-3-5 Shiba-aimon.Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-0012
Japan
Comment: "Is director of the Hibakusha Counseling Center of Nihon Hidankyo"

-Okinawa-
Ron Scharfe (also Iwo Jima)
11280 Grant Creek Rd
Missoula, MT 59808-8630
USA
Romus Burgin (also Peleliu)
1628 Riverway Ln
Lancaster TX 75146
USA
Vincent Kordack (also D-Day)
19 Chipping Norton Ln
Bedford, NH 03110-6066
USA
Robert Carlson (also Bougainville, Rabaul, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Japanese mainland)
38022 Via Vela
Murrieta, CA 92563-5644
USA

-Iwo Jima-
Tom Lemme
50 Wood Ter
Albany, NY 12208-1077
USA
Sam Soldano
5415 Crystal Anne Dr
West Palm Beach, FL 33417-1253
USA
Ron Scharfe
11280 Grant Creek Rd
Missoula, MT 59808-8630
USA
John Dickinson (Veteran of Saipan and Tinian)
7421 Schuyler Dr
Omaha, NE 68114-1820
USA
Mike Mervosh (also Battles of Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian, after WWII in Korean War and Vietnam War)
PO Box 501
San Luis Rey, CA 92068-0501
USA
Dick Trott
Jacaranda Trace Apartments
3600 William Penn Way
Venice, FL 34293
USA
James Scotella
3420 Don Alberto Dr
Carlsbad, CA 92010-3901
USA
James Freel (Also fought at Bougainville, where he served and spent time with later Iwo flag raiser Ira Hayes)
2433 SW Camelot Pl
Topeka, KS 66614-5624
USA
Abner Aust (also Osaka, Tokyo. Called 'The Last Fighter Ace of WWII')
1 Delarm Avenue
Frostproof, FL 33843-9434
USA
Gene Iaconetti
780 Redmond
Teaneck, NJ 07666
USA
Harvey Kurz (Today he is (along with Joe Demler) one of the 'ambassadors' of the original Honor Flight)
1282 Trail Way Dr
Grafton, WI 53024-9209
USA
Norman Baker (built Motoyama No. 2 airfield)
PO Box 67
Delaplane, VA 20144-0067
USA
Jerry Yellin (also flew in the last mission of WWII on Aug. 14, 1945, and witnessed the last US death of the war, his best friend)
1855 St Francis CT Apt 1
Fairfield, IA 52556-9204
USA
Larry Snowden (the senior and highest-ranking surviving veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima (Purple Heart); also in the battles at Saipan and Tinian; WWII, Korea, Vietnam)
4425 Meandering Way
Tallahassee, FL 32308-5746
USA
Duane Tunnyhill 4937 Aspen Drive
Omaha, NE 68157-2241
USA
Donald Mates (also Guam and Imo Jima)
2000 S Ocean Blvd
Palm Beach, FL 33480-5206
USA
Edward Killeen (also Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Tennessee; also Battle of Saipan)
458 Palmer Dr N
Keizer, OR 97303-7424
USA
Edward Szostek
201 Tyler Rd
King Of Prussia, PA 19406-2413
USA
Norman Hatch (WWII combat photographer, including Tarawa and Iwo Jima. His color documentary of the Tarawa battle won an Oscar in 1944. Later called to Washington to give details of his friend Joe Rosenthal's iconic Iwo Jima flag photo)
206 W Mount Ida Ave
Alexandria, VA 22305-1806
USA
William Hudson
90 Manhattan Loop
Los Alamos, NM 87544-2913
USA
Edward Feightner (Battle of Midway)
21419 Daniels Road
Mount Vernon, OH 43050-8502
USA
Truitt Bradley
314 Nicklaus Blvd
North Fort Myers, FL 33903-2612
USA
Delton Walling (USS Pennsilvania)
6014 Baldwin Street
Valley Springs CA 95252-9181
USA
Robert Carlson (Bougainville, Rabaul, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Japanese mainland)
38022 Via Vela
Murrieta, CA 92563-5644
USA
William Kaenzig
PO Box 755
Cologne, NJ 08213
USA
William G. Young
347 Patterson Ave
Mooresville, NC 28115-2004
USA
Keith J. Crawford (USS Saratoga)
1109 E Hudson Ave
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
USA
Ernest Kubosch (born August 21, 1914. Believed to be the oldest living survivor of Iwo Jima)
c/o Ernest Kubosch Jr
2126 N Fountain Valley Dr
Missouri City, TX 77459-3647
USA
Anthony Lechniak
69 McNomee St
Oakland, NJ 07436-2608
USA
H. Ralph Keller
501 N. 64th Ave
Yakima, WA 98908-1204
USA
Francis Edward Hall (Witnessed flag raising on Iwo Jima)
25 Degraw Ave
Teaneck, NJ 07666-4022
USA
Joseph 'Pep' Vocelka (Also fought in the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Tinian)
9402 S 27th Ave
Bellevue, NE 68147-8415
USA
Everett 'Bud' Hampton (Battles of Saipan, Tinian)
1308 Wildwood Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27517-3022
USA
Phyllis Josephine Thompson (The oldest living female World War II Veteran and a former Army Nurse. She nursed soldiers who had been wounded on Iwo Jima during the brutal and bloody battle to capture the island.)
Father Baker Manor
6400 Powers Road
Orchard Park, NY 14127
USA