Lucky 7th Armored Posted July 6, 2015 Share #101 Posted July 6, 2015 more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky 7th Armored Posted July 6, 2015 Share #102 Posted July 6, 2015 And I have yet to try and research this name yet..This is on the back of the canteen on the right in the last picture. Edit: I think I may have found him...Google, for the win! Company K, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, CamPen, 1943 Fifth Row: Second one in, Pvt Frank J. Gouveia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted July 8, 2015 Share #103 Posted July 8, 2015 Better photos of my UNIS m43 shovel cover. I am thinking this one is dated 1944, but I cant say for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lucky 7th Armored Posted July 8, 2015 Share #107 Posted July 8, 2015 Man, that is on my list of things to find now Username! I also just found out that Frank Gouveia was wounded on Iwo Jima, too!! GOUVEIA, FRANK 817454 27-FEB-45 CO K, 3RDBN, 23RDMAR, 4THMARDIV, FMF WIA TAB GOU-GOZ I just requested his casualty card!.. man, I am pumped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted July 9, 2015 Share #108 Posted July 9, 2015 Here's my WW2 USMC shelter half(43 dated). Not sure what it means but if anyone knows that would be great if they could let me know(Im assuming that Frays is the Marines last name). KND, I knew there was another member here who had a similarly stenciled Half to the one I picked up recently (below), but I forgot who...a small world indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted July 9, 2015 Share #109 Posted July 9, 2015 This is the first Unit-marked Shelter Half I've scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted July 9, 2015 Share #110 Posted July 9, 2015 Here is the main reason I bid on it- a posterboard spec tag...?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDUFF Posted July 9, 2015 Share #111 Posted July 9, 2015 Here is the main reason I bid on it- a posterboard spec tag...?! Cool that you found the 'other half' named to Fray, Flage guy! I have never seen a spec tag like that before? Amazing it has survived! Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share #112 Posted July 9, 2015 KND, I knew there was another member here who had a similarly stenciled Half to the one I picked up recently (below), but I forgot who...a small world indeed! That's a really nice shelter half. I found out what that marking means. Its a shipping marking. Also I really like the tag on yours. I saw another one with a posterboard tag like yours here on the forum. Might have been yours not sure. Also im really glad that this thread is alive again. A lot of nice pieces being posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted July 10, 2015 Share #113 Posted July 10, 2015 Aah, so the mystery is solved! I guess my search for a Unit-marked Half continues. Thanks for the enlightenment! Yeah, I put pics of the paper tag up in the Reference Section on U.S.M.C. Shelter Halves. But still, maybe there's someone else among us who has one. Powers & Co. had to have turned out more than just one like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne Posted July 10, 2015 Share #114 Posted July 10, 2015 Here is the main reason I bid on it- a posterboard spec tag...?! Wouah, Flage, I didn't even know there was such tags on shelter halves ... well, now I need one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted July 13, 2015 Share #115 Posted July 13, 2015 Wouah, Flage, I didn't even know there was such tags on shelter halves ... well, now I need one LOL...I wonder how many of these are out there On one hand, I couldn't see how the paper tags could survive; however, mine is a well-used Half which has even been patched in a few places (still with good color though, below), so there has to be more of them out there somewhere...? I wish you Good Hunting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted July 13, 2015 Share #116 Posted July 13, 2015 Right under the spec tag is another one which has been treated/painted with something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDUFF Posted August 4, 2015 Share #117 Posted August 4, 2015 A new addition is this lovely 'salty' carbine pouch. I am certain the markings are 14th Marines, maybe PFC also with the number 1 above? Not sure what the red '707' represents? Any comments will be welcome! Thanks Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted April 8, 2016 Share #118 Posted April 8, 2016 Recent pickup as part of a named group; all items contain stencils with the vet's name. A/1/23rd Marine, 4th MarDiv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squad leader Posted April 8, 2016 Share #119 Posted April 8, 2016 Recent pickup as part of a named group; all items contain stencils with the vet's name. A/1/23rd Marine, 4th MarDiv UNIS Gear.jpg Nice group! Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDUFF Posted April 8, 2016 Share #120 Posted April 8, 2016 Recent pickup as part of a named group; all items contain stencils with the vet's name. A/1/23rd Marine, 4th MarDiv UNIS Gear.jpg Great to see them together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted April 8, 2016 Share #121 Posted April 8, 2016 Thanks, Gentlemen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWII_GI Posted April 8, 2016 Share #122 Posted April 8, 2016 Thought I'd post my 4th Marine Division Canteen covers. The middle three are named and researched, Second from left was on Iwo Jima, middle was on Okinawa, and second from the right was possibly on Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWII_GI Posted April 8, 2016 Share #123 Posted April 8, 2016 Here's a 1943 dated Jungle first aid pouch with what looks to be a UNIS mark on the back, and a carbine pouch with another UNIS mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCman01 Posted April 8, 2016 Share #124 Posted April 8, 2016 Love that marked jungle pouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted April 8, 2016 Share #125 Posted April 8, 2016 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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