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Photographer: Richard E. Miller
Taken: March 4, 2012
Caption:
Uniform of a U.S. Naval Railway Petty Officer - displayed in the nearby Museum of the U.S. Navy | Additional Description: "The uniform of the Naval Railway Gun crews so confused Allied troops in France that they often mistook enlisted sailors for officers. Crews originally received Marine Corps forest green uniforms to which they added naval rating badges - in this case second class machinist mate's. Later, while the Marines in France received U.S. Army uniforms, the railway gun crews replaced only their worn out clothing. Thus, this sailor acquired an Army overseas cap. The blackened chief petty officer's cap insignia symbolized that the wearer was an enlisted sailor, while the gold chevron indicates six months' service in the war zone. The medal is the Allied Victory Medal of World I."
Submitted: March 10, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p195894
File Size: 1.935 Megabytes
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