nazchapdwd Posted July 16, 2014 Share #76 Posted July 16, 2014 I've enjoyed seeing these chaplain helmets! Here's my one (1!) authentic chaplain helmet. Worn by a chaplain in both Afghanistan and Iraq, 25 months total, though not consecutive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share #77 Posted July 16, 2014 Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted January 8, 2015 Share #78 Posted January 8, 2015 Chaplain Thomas Fraker of the 1st Bn. 505th Infantry 82nd Airborne Division in Vietnam - August 1968. The letters on the cover look like "CHA PPT". Not sure what that means other than maybe Chaplain Protestant? Here's another image of Chaplain Tom Fraker of the 1st Battalion 505th Infantry in Vietnam. His camo cover reads CHAPPY which I guess was his nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share #79 Posted January 8, 2015 What a great photo! Looks like Chaplain Fraker used a sharpie to do everything on his cover. Goes to show, not everything in Vietnam was issued to Chaplains, it was often field altered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC-RECON0321 Posted January 9, 2015 Share #80 Posted January 9, 2015 Here is my only example to share. Scott, You may remember this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share #81 Posted January 9, 2015 Actually, I miss that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC-RECON0321 Posted January 9, 2015 Share #82 Posted January 9, 2015 Actually, I miss that one. No worries, it has a good home and if you're in my neck of the woods, I could set up a visitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share #83 Posted September 24, 2016 Just added this to my collection. This is the WW1 helmet of 26th Division chaplain Michael J. O'Conner showing the painted 26th Div. HQ insignia and cross. This comes with his complete 1926 uniform. I'll start a complete thread on this one soon with better photo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLHSS Posted September 24, 2016 Share #84 Posted September 24, 2016 Outstanding Scott! Thanks for posting! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted September 24, 2016 Share #85 Posted September 24, 2016 Just added this to my collection. This is the WW1 helmet of 26th Division chaplain Michael J. O'Conner showing the painted 26th Div. HQ insignia and cross. This comes with his complete 1926 uniform. I'll start a complete thread on this one soon with better photo's. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share #86 Posted March 17, 2017 Just a basic one with no ID, but, legit.This USN lid was repurposed multiple times as a Repair station helmet, plain jane helmet but, began life as a chaplain. Multiple layer of repaint were removed for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted March 10, 2018 Share #87 Posted March 10, 2018 These two Chaplain helmet have been posted on other thread but for research I thought best to post at least one picture of each. The navy is not named but does have a rank applied to the front The WW1 is named to Peter J. Kroll of the 27th division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmca Posted March 21, 2018 Share #88 Posted March 21, 2018 Bugme, that last chaplain you posted a pictures of is so cool, any known history of it? Its the one where you had to remove the paint. Thanks Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap15 Posted April 1, 2019 Share #89 Posted April 1, 2019 DSC00155.JPG DSC00150__2_sm.jpg I found a picture of a chaplain from the Korean War wearing a helmet just like this. The image is a screen shot from The Big Picture: Army Chaplains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted April 2, 2019 Share #90 Posted April 2, 2019 Bob, it’s always a great thing when a still shot or picture can put a helmet in a particular moment in time and this one is a killer shot. Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share #91 Posted April 2, 2019 I found a picture of a chaplain from the Korean War wearing a helmet just like this. The image is a screen shot from The Big Picture: Army Chaplains. That photo is a dead ringer for your helmet Bob. Photographic evidence is always the clincher whenever there's a question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted April 2, 2019 Share #92 Posted April 2, 2019 How many chaplains were in the 24th infantry regiment? I feel it should be pretty easy to find who wore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap15 Posted April 6, 2019 Share #93 Posted April 6, 2019 There were three African American Chaplains in the 24th Reg. I do not have a picture of Chaplain James P. Spencer. Roman Catholic. From Baltimore. He served at the very end of WWII. Left the Army and was called back. He was born in 1900 so he would have been between 50-53 during the Korean War. So I assume the it is Spencer in the pictures with the lid since he looks the age. The others are younger in the pics below. I found pictures of two of the chaplain. It is hard to tell. Here is Chaplain Major James A. Edden. Episcopal Here is Chaplain Ernest W. Armstrong. Baptist U.S.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton67 Posted April 6, 2019 Share #94 Posted April 6, 2019 Here is mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton67 Posted April 6, 2019 Share #95 Posted April 6, 2019 With the added criss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton67 Posted April 6, 2019 Share #96 Posted April 6, 2019 More Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted April 6, 2019 Share #97 Posted April 6, 2019 Bob, Spencer is a possibility. Chaplain Spencer was white and the person in the still shot looks to be caucasian, he died in 1959. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted April 6, 2019 Share #98 Posted April 6, 2019 If this is the same guy. Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap15 Posted April 6, 2019 Share #99 Posted April 6, 2019 Marty, Thanks for the finding the info. I stand corrected. My source from the Army mentioned the chaplains were African American. https://history.army.mil/books/korea/24TH.HTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap15 Posted April 6, 2019 Share #100 Posted April 6, 2019 More Nice lid. Chaplain Harry C. Rynard. Roman Catholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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