Item: ONSV8776
Original U.S. WWII Battle of Peleliu Named Marine Corps Officer White Visor Cap by Hilborn-Hamburger
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Original Item: One-of-a-kind. This is a fanatic World War Two United States Marine Corps officer white visor hat named to Major Randall Lee Mitchell (Serial# 014070). Major Mitchell was assigned to Battery K, 4th Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, and was WIA wounded in Action on September 16th, 1944 which was the second day of the Battle of Peleliu on the Palau Islands. The hat bear his card and an ink stamp of his name on the interior of the leather sweatband. Hat was made by Hilborn Hamburger (HH) and is offered in excellent condition. Features and officers EGA hat badge, bullion wire laurel leaf felt topped leather visor, quatrefoil and wicker frame construction. Size is US 7 1/8 (57cm). Overall condition is very good to excellent. Major Mitchell's memorial page can be seen at this link.
The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the United States military, was fought between the U.S. and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Campaign of World War II, from September to November 1944, on the island of Peleliu.
U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division, and later soldiers of the U.S. Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island of Peleliu. This battle was part of a larger offensive campaign known as Operation Forager, which ran from June to November 1944, in the Pacific Theater.
Major General William Rupertus, Commander of the 1st Marine Division, predicted the island would be secured within four days.[4] However, after repeated Imperial Army defeats in previous island campaigns, Japan had developed new island-defense tactics and well-crafted fortifications that allowed stiff resistance, extending the battle through more than two months. The heavily outnumbered Japanese defenders put up such stiff resistance, often fighting to the death in the Emperor's name, that the island became known in Japanese as the "Emperor's Island."
In the United States, this was a controversial battle because of the island's negligible strategic value and the high casualty rate, which exceeded that of all other amphibious operations during the Pacific War. The National Museum of the Marine Corps called it "the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines".
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