Helmets with DUI tacked on them

[Salvage Sailor]

Aloha Everyone,

 

Post 'em if you've got 'em. Helmets with Distinctive Unit Insignia attached to them.

 

Here's a 23rd Infantry Regiment LTC, Korean war era (unidentified) to start up the topic

[Salvage Sailor]

23rd Infantry Regiment 'We Serve' attached to both sides

[Doodlebewi]

Intresting never seen a actual DUI on a helmet

[patches]

Here's one on a liner I posted a little over three years ago.

 

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/252384-unit-crest-worn-on-helmet-liner-wwii/

[patches]

Looks like one of those unauthorized Japanese ones. See here for others of this type.

 

[manayunkman]

That's awesome.

 

Never seen anything like it.

[Salvage Sailor]

Nor had I,

 

It was found in a backyard shed on Oahu. Has a nice 1951 CAPAC liner too and an overpainted white medical tape officers stripe

[manayunkman]

I wonder if it had been worn into the 60s?

[patches]

I wonder if it had been worn into the 60s?

My wager it was strictly a Korea War era thing, circa 1952-54 say, photo show the 38th Infantry of the 2nd Division wore these too.