{"id":87953,"date":"2025-01-11T15:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T14:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=87953"},"modified":"2025-12-21T10:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:54:26","slug":"manteau-du-lt-colonel-v-j-blondell-us-army","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/product\/manteau-du-lt-colonel-v-j-blondell-us-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoat of Lt.Colonel V.J BLONDELL &#8211; US ARMY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officer&#8217;s overcoat made by \u201cA Jacobs &amp; Son\u201d- Baltimore- Usa.<\/p>\n<p>Major V.J BLONDELL\u201d name label dated 02\/1941.<\/p>\n<p>Name stamp of Lt.Colonel V.J Blondell &#8211; Adjutant General.<\/p>\n<p>Exceptional workmanship and original preservation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87954\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cavalry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Vernon Blondell<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">1929, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">306th Cavalry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Fort Myers, Virginia US<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lt. Colonel Vernon Jerome BLONDELL ( 1900 -1982)<\/p>\n<p>A Cavalry officer, he was assigned to command the 89th Infantry Division on January 22, 1945. Attached to General Patton&#8217;s 3rd Armored Division for the crossing of the Rhine and the final offensive against the Third Reich.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War, Lt. Colonel V.J. Blondell is buried in Arlington Military Cemetery, USA.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freepages.rootsweb.com\/~blondell\/genealogy\/JeromeBlondell\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Lt.Colonel V.J BLONDELL <\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officer&#8217;s overcoat made by \u201cA Jacobs &amp; Son\u201d- Baltimore- Usa. Major V.J BLONDELL\u201d name label dated 02\/1941. Name stamp of Lt.Colonel V.J Blondell &#8211; Adjutant General. Exceptional workmanship and original preservation. Vernon Blondell 1929, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army 306th Cavalry Fort Myers, Virginia US Lt. Colonel Vernon Jerome BLONDELL ( 1900 -1982) A Cavalry officer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":87965,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[91,112,138],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87953","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-equipements","7":"product_cat-etats-unis","8":"product_cat-us-army","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/87953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=87953"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=87953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}