bazelot
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Named to Major General Carson A Roberts USMC. Jacket is in outstanding condition and everything is original. It is one of my favorite jackets.
This is the jacket he used in Korea when he was a Colonel (the patch was only used there) and I assume the nametag was replaced when he was promoted to Major General in 1957.
He received the DFC in Korea when he flew missions there as a Colonel:
https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivisio ... ts_ca.aspx
"Ordered to Korea in May 1951, Colonel Roberts saw action there until March 1952, serving successfully as Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing; Commander, Marine Aircraft Group 33; and Chief of Staff, 1st Wing. He was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for outstanding service as group commander, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in that capacity on 10 November 1951 while leading a close air support strike near Sohui-ri. In May 1952, he became Chief of Staff, Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, at Norfolk, Virginia."
His Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Abel_Roberts
This is the jacket he used in Korea when he was a Colonel (the patch was only used there) and I assume the nametag was replaced when he was promoted to Major General in 1957.
He received the DFC in Korea when he flew missions there as a Colonel:
https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivisio ... ts_ca.aspx
"Ordered to Korea in May 1951, Colonel Roberts saw action there until March 1952, serving successfully as Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing; Commander, Marine Aircraft Group 33; and Chief of Staff, 1st Wing. He was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" for outstanding service as group commander, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in that capacity on 10 November 1951 while leading a close air support strike near Sohui-ri. In May 1952, he became Chief of Staff, Aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, at Norfolk, Virginia."
His Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Abel_Roberts