Dog Tags, with Religious Pendant, S/Sgt. William Pantone, Medic, 222nd Hospital Ship Co., ETO
Pair of genuine WWII US Army dog tags, issued to some Wm. A. Pantone, ASN 12082406, vaccinated in 1942 and 1943, blood type O, Catholic.
Nice homogeneous set, in very good overall condition, retaining both bead chains and a cross-shaped Catholic religious pendant featuring French inscriptions.
William Anthony Pantone was born on June 13, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Italian parents and joined the US Army on May 4, 1942. He went on to serve with the Medical Department, particularly with 222nd Hospital Ship Complement -- a unit attached to USAHS Jarrett M. Huddleston, a hospita ship which repatriated many wounded GIs from the ETO. He was discharged on October 10, 1945 as a Staff Sergeant, and passed away on March 28, 2004.
Commissioned in August 1944, the Huddleston operated between the East Coast of the United States and the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater until its decommissioning in December 1945. Departing on its first voyage to Europe on September 2, 1944, the ship made several crossings from Charleston, primarily to Avonmouth, Cherbourg, and Falmouth. Between January 13 and March 10, 1945, it completed 13 shuttle trips between Cherbourg and Southampton, transporting sick and wounded personnel. In September 1945, it undertook two final voyages from New York to Cherbourg and Southampton.
https://www.med-dept.com/articles/ww2-hospital-ships/
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