uplandmod Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I was driving down the street on Saturday and I came across this footlocker for $15.00 Not a GI issue one , more of a private purchase late 1940's or 50's. I put all my personal equipment in the tray for a display next time my reenactment group has an event. All I need is some Bill Ward Torchy pinups for the lid! Cheers! Leonardo I collect items from The Battle of Iwo Jima (1945).Top Iwo Jima Items I'm Looking For: 1) IDed 5th MarDiv Corpsman Jumper or Forest Green Coat. 2) IDed Coast Guard Navy Jumper 3) IDed CB's Sea Bee's Navy Jumper 4) IDed 147th Infantry Regiment Army Service Coat 5) IDed 32nd ID Army Service Coat (Occupation Kyushu with 5th MarDiv). I am always looking for named and dated WWII USMC Forest Green wool alpha jackets/coats from the 5th Marine Division or other units who participated in the battle. My Blog "Marines In Forest Green" http://marinesinfore...n.blogspot.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
doyler Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Looks very nice. I have a couple of the private purchase lockers that came right from veterans.Many officers had to buy their own lockers as well. In Memoriam:Lieutenant J.Kostelec 1-3 First Special Service Force MIA/PD 4 March 1944 ItalyI HAVE SEEN THE ENEMY AND IT IS DAYLIGHTForget about the tips..We'll get hell to pay (AC/DC)"If you cant get out and run with the big dogs then sit on the porch and bark at the cars going by.." Have you Hugged a Clown Today? You Cant Get A Sun Tan On The Moon.. Link to post Share on other sites
1944 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Nice Set Up there in the footlocker :thumbsup: Well Done. http://www.Paratrooper1944.Com/ https://www.facebook.com/paratrooper1944 IN MEMORY OF IRISH/AMERICANS FROM MY COUNTY.Cpl: Patrick Gallagher, 3rd U.S.M.C Div K.I.A 30/03/1967 Navy CrossSgt: Patrick Nevin, B.Co. 1st Bn, 12th Cav, 1st CAVALRY Div K.I.A 23/02/1966 Link to post Share on other sites
Corsair pilot Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I was driving down the street on Saturday and I came across this footlocker for $15.00 Not a GI issue one , more of a private purchase late 1940's or 50's. I put all my personal equipment in the tray for a display next time my reenactment group has an event. All I need is some Bill Ward Torchy pinups for the lid! Cheers! Leonardo Well done. Link to post Share on other sites
DUTY FIRST Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Nice!! Link to post Share on other sites
gdunk Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Bought mine at auction for 50 dollars, sorry if the picture is blurry. Dated with papers 1938 marked on all sided U.S. Army Air Corps and marked on the sides 90th Bomber SQDR. Link to post Share on other sites
ww2_1943 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Here is a great footlocker reference: http://www.hardscrab...footlockers.htm Link to post Share on other sites
12thengr Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Here's my rather messy footlocker. It does have the pin-ups though! "They'd rather be alive than free; poor dumb bastards." Link to post Share on other sites
Chester Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Outstsnding display. Mine is almost there, pretty soon mine will be as complete as yours! Thanks for sharing! C. Link to post Share on other sites
everforward Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Love your displays guys... :thumbsup: Here is mine---I have had all of this for many years, still a work in progress--and this stuff is too cool to part with...the footlocker is a PX buy and has the soldier's name on a shipping sticker from an Army Hospital. The wallet belonged to my Grandfather, and my Dad's WW2 dogtags are in the tray. Link to post Share on other sites
ptogi Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Great stuff! Actively buying WW2 jungle gear & equipage, items unique to the Pacific Theater, Battle of Guadalcanal items, Battle of Okinawa items, WW2 27th ID items, WW2 11th Airborne items, WW2 Marine Raider items, Pacific War "trench art", WW2 Japanese items. Looking for wartime and post-war newsletters of the 27th ID ("The Orion Gallivanter"), 11th Airborne ("Winds Aloft", "Voice of The Angels", etc.), 96th ID ("The Deadeye Dispatch"), Marine Raiders ("The Dope Sheet", "The Raider Patch", etc.). Link to post Share on other sites
USMC1944 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Nice locker! Link to post Share on other sites
Rifleman_D Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I know this is an old thread but here is one of mine. A quick question for all of you, both of my lockers have 3 bays in the trays instead of two like all the others I have seen. Is this just a variant or do I have a civilian set of trays/lockers? Link to post Share on other sites
General Apathy Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I was driving down the street on Saturday and I came across this footlocker for $15.00 Not a GI issue one , more of a private purchase late 1940's or 50's. I put all my personal equipment in the tray for a display next time my reenactment group has an event. All I need is some Bill Ward Torchy pinups for the lid! Cheers! Leonardo Hi uplandmod and all the other footlocker fiends, ( yes I intended it to say fiends and not mis-spelt friends ) here's a page scan from my 1941 catalog of private purchase items showing two different sizes of footlockers 31 or 36 inches in length, and prices to cry for. lewis . Young enough to care and enjoy militaria - Old enough to remember as surplus " Life's too short for reproductions " Life is like a tank of gas, the closer you get to a quarter tank, the faster it goes . Link to post Share on other sites
LtRGFRANK Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 heres my work in progress Link to post Share on other sites
peterfett Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 These all look fantastic. I think I know what my next focus will be after completing my early WWII GI Link to post Share on other sites
rjhyden Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 What would be stored under the trays? I`m building a footlocker set up now. Just curious as what they may have kept in the larger space? Link to post Share on other sites
strawberry 9 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Here's one of mine... Link to post Share on other sites
RustyCanteen Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 What would be stored under the trays? I`m building a footlocker set up now. Just curious as what they may have kept in the larger space? What time period? The footlocker layouts changed little, but they did move a few items around. See this thread for some photos: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2643-barracks-life-early-war-vs-late-war/ "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." *Sherlock Holmes in "A Scandal in Bohemia"* Link to post Share on other sites
eaglerunner88 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Nice looking footlockers! Here’s mine; it was built for me by my grandpa as a gift and he did an awesome job on the specs. Now I have a respectable place to store all the little stuff: Link to post Share on other sites
rjhyden Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Great job on the build. I`ve been tempted to build one myself. I have a `62 vintage locker that is identical to the ww2 ones thatI have repainted the outside of to a more respectable ww2 color and then cut out my own stencil. I hate to repaint the inside and cover the orginal `62 stamps, though. I`m just about ready to show the top tray, I just lack a good ww2 soap dish and some pin ups. You wouldn`t happen to know a source for a good plastic soap dish? I keep watchin Ebay but " no soap" yet. Link to post Share on other sites
RustyCanteen Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Great job on the build. I`ve been tempted to build one myself. I have a `62 vintage locker that is identical to the ww2 ones thatI have repainted the outside of to a more respectable ww2 color and then cut out my own stencil. I hate to repaint the inside and cover the orginal `62 stamps, though. Don't repaint it, if you are really bothered by the 1962 contract markings you can always find another foot locker. "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." *Sherlock Holmes in "A Scandal in Bohemia"* Link to post Share on other sites
rjhyden Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Don't repaint it, if you are really bothered by the 1962 contract markings you can always find another foot locker. Yeah, I agree, but I sure have been having a hard time finding a ww2 locker. Link to post Share on other sites
WWII_GI Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I have 2 empty footlockers both WWII era got one for $25 and the other for $30. Collector of US Army/USMC M-1 helmets and Field-Gear from WWII. @WWII_GI on Instagram https://instagram.com/wwii_gi/ Link to post Share on other sites
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