Marked Helmet Liners, The Unsung Hero Of The M-1

[m1helmetnerd]

Korean War Westinghouse liner marked Micarta 1952 with an odd marking I’m trying to identify. Perhaps a military academy marking? There’s also two small holes drilled in the front near the eyelet.

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12 hours ago, m1helmetnerd said:

Korean War Westinghouse liner marked Micarta 1952 with an odd marking I’m trying to identify. Perhaps a military academy marking? There’s also two small holes drilled in the front near the eyelet.

This is for one of the many Basic Training and or Advanced Individual Training Brigades in the 1960s, a 2nd Brigade, the problem is we don't know what post, could be for a few, Gordon, Jackson, Benning, Dix etc etc. Those two holes were for a Metal Rank Pin, an Officer, since they are Up and Down, means either one of the Lieutenant's Bars or a Major or Lieutenant Colonel. 

[m1helmetnerd]

10 hours ago, patches said:

This is for one of the many Basic Training and or Advanced Individual Training Brigades in the 1960s, a 2nd Brigade, the problem is we don't know what post, could be for a few, Gordon, Jackson, Benning, Dix etc etc. Those two holes were for a Metal Rank Pin, an Officer, since they are Up and Down, means either one of the Lieutenant's Bars or a Major or Lieutenant Colonel. 

Thanks a lot!

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71st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, a 50s one, the unit crest decal has the symbolism of a unit of the Tennessee National Guard right, but point in fact when this liner was worn pre 1959, it was a Regular Army unit, here it took it's Coat of Arms and Unit crest from the old 1920s-30s 504th Coast Artillery Regiment, a Reserve unit from Tennessee, so when the Reserve 504th CA gets a Coat of Arms it chose the symbol of it home state of Tennessee. the 71st AA Bn gets a new Coat of Arms and Unit Crest in 1959. 

 

A history of the 504th CA and the Wiki on whole unit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment

 

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The special Insignia of the 4th Infantry worn on the liners we see in Japan in late 1945, 4th Infantry was at this time  assigned to the 25th Infantry Division in Japan, the unit replaced the wartime assigned 161st Infantry, the 161st Infantry being originally of the Washington State National Guard of the 41st Division when it was made Separate and ultimately assigned as a third regiment for the 25th Infantry Division, who needed this third regiment cause they had to let go that Hawaiian NG regiment the 298th Infantry Regiment, and now the 161st was sent home. 
 

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23 hours ago, patches said:

The special Insignia of the 4th Infantry worn on the liners we see in Japan in late 1945, 4th Infantry was at this time  assigned to the 25th Infantry Division in Japan, the unit replaced the wartime assigned 161st Infantry, the 161st Infantry being originally of the Washington State National Guard of the 41st Division when it was made Separate and ultimately assigned as a third regiment for the 25th Infantry Division, who needed this third regiment cause they had to let go that Hawaiian NG regiment the 298th Infantry Regiment, and now the 161st was sent home. 
 

Full photo Doug inspecting the men, Officer there, can't pin down the other officer walking next to him.

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[mysteriousoozlefinch]

81st Infantry Brigade MPs from the 1972-1974 biennial state report.

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A Blue painted helmet liner of the 60s and or 70s of the 97th ARCOM NCO Academy, here it seems to be a sticker rather than the standard, the decal.

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A few more to the pack 

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USAF Security Police Liners, I think a unit at Phan Rang Air Base 1969. Got a girl from the USO there we see.

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Here’s mine, a nice 32nd Division post-WW2/KW Westinghouse liner.
 

Seller at a gun show informed me the red arrow was a French unit. Why argue, I paid the man and left with a smile! 

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On 3/26/2025 at 8:53 PM, gap said:

Here’s mine, a nice 32nd Division post-WW2/KW Westinghouse liner.
 

Seller at a gun show informed me the red arrow was a French unit. Why argue, I paid the man and left with a smile! 

Liner is mid-WW2, decals are post-war! 

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76th Tng Div 417th Regiment from the 50s-60s

[TO4thIDWW2]

🇺🇸 Corporal Jimmie C. Metcalf's liner.

 

Born in Georgia on April 13, 1921, he enlisted in the army on January 9, 1941.

 

Private, then Corporal Metcalf took part in all the division's campaigns with "A" Battery - 20th Field Artillery Battalion.

He landed on Utah Beach with the battalion on June 7, 1944, the only one of the 4th Infantry Division's four artillery units not to land on D-Day itself.

 

Corporal Metcalf lost his liner in Belgium, near Bütgenbach, not far from the Siegfried Line. The 4th Infantry Division was stationed there for several weeks in October 1944.

 

This liner is unique in that its stencil is painted in three different ways and colors.

 

Corporal Metcalf was tragically killed in a road accident in 1955, along with one of his sons.

 

 

 

[JrBfloNY]

On 5/13/2008 at 7:47 PM, The Meatcan said:

here's my 44th Division CAPAC 51/52 . Does anyone know what the other red/yellow marking is? Also, wasn't the 44th deactivated after WW2? Why would their unit decal be on a later issue liner?

106th Cavalry

[matmil]

Unknown missile command

Launch B Guidance or possibly "Mark 13 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS)".

Painted insignia on front of liner.

Late war black a washers. Firestone marked liner.

[matmil]

The Mark 13 nuclear bomb was an experimental U.S. nuclear weapon developed in the early 1950s.

A variant, the W-13 nuclear warhead, was intended for the Redstone ballistic missile and Snark cruise missile.

Neither the bomb nor the warhead entered production or service, as advancements in thermonuclear weapon technology (e.g., the Ivy Mike test) made the design obsolete. 

Mark 13 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS)

The Mark 13 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) is a single-arm naval missile launcher, often called the "one-armed bandit".

It was designed for use on frigates and destroyers and is capable of firing anti-air and anti-ship missiles like the RIM-66 Standard and RGM-84 Harpoon.

This system launches conventional (non-nuclear) missiles. 

It is likely that you are thinking of the Mark 13 nuclear bomb or the Mark 13 missile launcher, but the two are unrelated systems

[Régis]

Hello

I need some information about this helmet liner, thank you.

[automatic]

4 hours ago, Régis said:

Hello

I need some information about this helmet liner, thank you.

 

While I'm not sure on the time period (which would determine the correct unit designations), the pine tree insignia is for the 91st Infantry Division (or a later designation) and the "Paratus" DUI is for the 346th Field Artillery Battalion (or possibly the later designation of 91st Regiment). 

[matmil]

6th Army Engineers

 

[Régis]

On 13/11/2025 at 20:23, automatic said:

 

Bien que je ne sois pas certain de la période (qui déterminerait les désignations d'unité correctes), l'insigne du pin est celui de la 91e division d'infanterie  (ou d'une désignation ultérieure) et l'insigne « Paratus » est celui du 346e bataillon d'artillerie de campagne (ou peut-être de la désignation ultérieure du 91e régiment). 

Merci 

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Master sergeant Pacific Ocean Areas Command. 

[bruno1993]

Hey all, I couldn't keep myself from buying this one!

A post war (non airborne) 101st, 327th helmet liner by Seaman!

At a price of about $120, I may have overpaid but I've never seen them for sale before in The Netherlands.

 

Enjoy!

 

Bruno

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60s Cadre Liner 398th Regiment, 100th Division (Training), this is not a WWII or Korean War made one but one of those post 1955 made ones that has had a tiny hole punched through the front for one of those Screwback Ranks, maybe the NCO ones or the Officer ones.