Wound Chevron and Purple Heart

While the men of the Battalion were still in France, recognition of anyone wounded in combat was denoted by the use of a gold metallic-threaded chevron to be worn on the lower right cuff of the uniform.

Blog by Amanda Rockwood, September 13, 2021.

With a recent attempt to finish putting objects away, I stumbled upon a group of military pieces. One such item was a gold ID bracelet. As I held it in my hands this item seemed to speak to me. Yes, I know objects cannot actually speak, but in my line of work certain items just seem to stand out. With my interest peaked, I decided to study the bracelet and find out all I could about it.

Bernard Lipscomb Jarman

The fighting in the open battlefields during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive subjected the advancing American soldier to a volley of enemy machine gun fire, gas attacks, and a barrage of artillery and mortar rounds raining down upon them. The soldiers would try to get as low as possible in order to protect themselves from being totally exposed. This sometimes required occupying the slump of earth created from a newly formed shell hole.