Ph.M. 1st Class, Corpsman, 2nd Marine Divison, Guadalcanal ID'ed M1 Helmet

[Theorywolf]

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[Kurt Barickman]

Love the Cactus designation as that was the code for Guadalcanal. Wow, great piece there Mike.

 

THanks for sharing.

 

Kurt

[Theorywolf]

Love the Cactus designation as that was the code for Guadalcanal. Wow, great piece there Mike.

 

THanks for sharing.

 

Kurt

Kurt, I have to thank you for being the first to ID Heafield from Morning Reports online! That really helped to get the ball rolling! Thanks a million!

 

Cheers,

 

Mike

[jkash23686]

Mike,

Great lid and great research. I don't even think I saw this sucker on ebay!

-j

[Theorywolf]

After Heafield returned to California he married his wife in December 1943. She was working in a nearby war plane factory in California and they had met earlier before he left the US. He grew up in the wilderness up in the U.P. of Michigan and settled with his wife and raised his family on the prairie and Bad Lands near Glendive, Montana. He worked as a wheat farmer the rest of his life. His daughter and son told me that he never talked about the war except when his best friend (another Guadalcanal corpsman) came to visit!

[josegarcia8578]

Mike,

Great lid and great research. I don't even think I saw this sucker on ebay!

-j

Yeah great find! I don't think I saw on ebay either!

[byf41]

Excellent helmet , congratulations .

[Theorywolf]

Wow! Awesome find! Really cool piece.

Thanks my friend!

 

Mike

[Theorywolf]

Mike,

Great lid and great research. I don't even think I saw this sucker on ebay!

-j

There were only about four people that bid on it! Thanks Jamie! Expect to hear from me soon!

 

Cheers,

 

Mike

[Theorywolf]

Yeah great find! I don't think I saw on ebay either!

Thanks my friend!

 

Mike

[Theorywolf]

Excellent helmet , congratulations .

 

Thanks my friend!

 

Mike

[38Driver]

Now that's a piece of history

[knd643]

That's an amazing helmet!!! I'm surprised it didn't get many bids.

[sgtdorango]

Holy smokes that one deserves a Bazinga!!!.............mike

[Theorywolf]

Sketch made of an actual USN Corpsman on Guadalcanal.

[Ronnie]

This is a superb helmet. Anything Guadalcanal is neat but an ID'ed M1 would be the coop deville!

Ronnie

[king802]

Mike,

That's a great helmet. Congratulations.

 

I've got an Army Medics helmet from Guadacanal and the wear on the liner and shell are practically identical to yours.

 

Rich

[ccmax]

Congratulations, Mike. That is quite a find.

[Theorywolf]

Thanks Mike, Ronnie and Rich! And to my co-author, Cesar, thanks my friend. We have known each other and our collections for a long time now! Time for another book!

[dustin]

What I love about this helmet is the wear on the brim of the fiber liner, odd detail yes but that is wear from consistently adjusting his helmet to wipe his brow, possibly tilting it back to administer aid etc. it oozes been there.

[Bugme]

Great scoop on this helmet Mike!

[BEAST]

WOW! Corpsman and Guadalcanal? What a find! Thanks for posting!

[Theorywolf]

Thanks for your comments! Mike.