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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP - Issued to Major General Charles M. Duke,
USA
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Colt Model M .32 ACP serial number 568532 - Military
Model M .32 ACP pistol, arsenal refinished finish,
parkerized trigger, thumb safety and grip safety, with
U.S. PROPERTY mark on right side of frame and ordnance
wheel on left rear of frame behind thumb safety. Pistol is
documented as having been issued to Major General Charles
Marsden Duke and is pictured with its original black Vietnam
era holster.Major General Charles M. Duke graduated from
West Point with the famous class of 1939. He served in North
Africa during WWII as an Army Engineer with an outfit called
Darby's Rangers.
He also served in Korea and Viet Nam as a Combat
Engineer. He commanded all Army engineers in Vietnam from
1968 to 1970.
Colt 1903 Pocket hammerless .32 ACP - serial number 568532
right side showing U.S. PROPERTY mark on frame.
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MAJOR
GENERAL CHARLES MARSDEN DUKE |
| 24 June 1917 |
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Born, Texas |
| 1939 |
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Graduated, USMA |
| 1942 - 1944 |
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Corps of Engineers: Nicaragua |
| 1944 - 1945 |
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Commanding Officer 30 Engineer
Topographical Battalion Africa & HI |
| 1945 - 1946 |
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Office Chief of Engineers General
Headquarters Tokyo (Legion of Merit) |
| 1947 |
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Masters of Science Civil Engineering
Cal Tech |
| 1947 - 1950 |
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MA&E - Department of Military Art &
Engineering, USMA |
| 1951 |
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CGSC - Command and general Staff
College (School) Ft. Leavenworth |
| 1951 - 1954 |
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Log Division Headquarters European
Command |
| 1955 - 1956 |
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East Ocean District, NY |
| 1956 - 1958 |
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Office Chief of Engineers
(Commendation Ribbon) |
| 1959 - 1962 |
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Dist Engineer, US Engineer District,
NYC |
| 1962 - 1963 |
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G4 I Corps Group, Korea |
| 1963 - 1967 |
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Engineer Command, Department of the
Army, Washington, DC |
| 1967 |
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18EBde (Bronze Star Medal - Air
Medal) |
| 1967 - 1968 |
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Engineer & Commanding General Troops
US Army, Vietnam (Distinguished Service Medal -
Air Medal)
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| 1968 |
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Engineering Division, North Atlantic |
| 1971 |
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Retired |
| 21 August 1976 |
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Died, Fairfax, Virginia |
Copy of letter and original index card from Rock Island
Arsenal documenting issue of "Serial No. 568532, Pistol,
Cal.. .32, Colt Issued to Brig Gen Charles M. Duke, Engineer
Commissioner, District of Columbia. Certificate sent Feb.
1965"
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number 568532
with original holster - holster still bears General Duke's
name tag that was attached when he carried this pistol in
Vietnam. |
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