M422A1 Posted September 18, 2018 Share #26 Posted September 18, 2018 Good idea, check the brown side. Plus, remember, the cover he started Iwo with, may not be the cover he ended the war with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted September 18, 2018 Share #27 Posted September 18, 2018 True. Let us know if other side matches. What was his assignment after Iwo? Could he have been issued this helmet after the battle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share #28 Posted September 18, 2018 M422A1------------ correct! same thing that I was thinking. the war was still going on after Iwo. there was still 5 mouths to go with Okinawa to come. who knows what was done with or to his lid till the end of the war. plus I will say this--------- there is no way that I will play with that cover. I will not even attempt to remove it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted September 18, 2018 Share #29 Posted September 18, 2018 WOW!! This story keeps getting better!! If I recall the seller was selling off items they bought from an estate sale. There were multiple helmets and other military related items. I am guessing the estate was from another collector. I wonder if any of his other item belonged to the same Marine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant G. Posted September 18, 2018 Share #30 Posted September 18, 2018 I believe in the Iwo Jima photo that helmet cover stands a great chance of being worn "Brownside Out" by visible shapes, as was common during that battle. Worth checking to be sure upon arrival IMO. Costa, If after checking the brown side you confirm that it's not the cover he is wearing in the Iwo photo, please let me know. It's possible that I own his other cover. I will place it on a helmet and see where the spots line up when I receive it and I'll let you know. -Grant https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-WWII-Vietnam-Era-USMC-Camo-M1-Helmet-Covers-Camoflauge-Unmarked-/382547954787?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=YJfg%252F%252F5fB8lZxFMyKS0StEQN8Ko%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share #31 Posted September 18, 2018 im waiting for the seller to get back to me. I asked if he changed the cover which I doubt. I will get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share #32 Posted September 18, 2018 OK GUYS, SOME NEWS ABOUT THE LID---------- SELLER GOT BACK TO ME. HE SAID HE NEVER CHANGED THE COVER, IT IS AS HE BOUGHT IT FROM THE WIFE OF THE COLLECTOR WHO HAD IT AND SOLD OFF THE COLLECTION AFTER HIS DEATH. SO I DO ASSUME IT IS THE COVER THE VET PUT ON IT SOME TIME DURING IWO OR DURING THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. I AM WAITING FOR HIS RECORDS FROM GOLDEN ARROW TO SEE IF HE WAS AT OKINAWA AS WELL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted September 18, 2018 Share #33 Posted September 18, 2018 Interesting Grant. Let us know if you have the cover in the photo on Iwo! That would be awesome to link it back to the original lid. It is completely possible that a collector placed a different camp on that lid. No way of knowing for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted September 18, 2018 Share #34 Posted September 18, 2018 Maybe if you shine a very bright light at the cover you may be able to see the pattern on the brown side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted September 18, 2018 Share #35 Posted September 18, 2018 Is the cover crusted onto the shell? If not, you should be fine removing it... just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray175INF Posted September 18, 2018 Share #36 Posted September 18, 2018 Well this post caught fire, wow. Most excellent indeed Henry Weaver has two chapters in "Semper Fidelis : the U.S. marines in the Pacific 1942-1945, by the Marine Corps combat correspondents" If this was in my collection I'd grab every book and article I could find that has him in it as well as his writings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share #37 Posted September 18, 2018 EVEN IF THAT COVER WASNT CRUSTED TO THAT POT, I STILL WOULDNT MONKEY WITH IT. YOU SEE GUYS, I GO BY THE PREMIS--- YOU PLAY WITH IT, IT AINT ORIGONAL ANY MORE. FROM THE LOOKS OF THAT COVER IT APPEARS TO LOOK LIKE A TIGHT FIT AND YES HE COULD HAVE REPLACED IT. THERE IS AN OLD SAYING--------------- IF IT AINT BROKE, DONT FIX IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted September 18, 2018 Share #38 Posted September 18, 2018 True true, but what if the underside matches the photo? That would raise this lid to a new level!!! At any rate, congrats again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted September 19, 2018 Share #39 Posted September 19, 2018 I totally agree with not removing the cover Costa. Very nice helmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share #40 Posted September 20, 2018 UP DATE---- I RECEIVED THE HELMET TODAY. IT IS NICE. I CAREFULLY LIFTED UP THE FINGERS OF THE COVER TO SEE IF THERE WAS A NAME INSIDE THE POT--- THERE WASNT. THE BAG WITH THE ART WORK ON IT SEEMS TO BE THE COVER POSSIBLY TO HIS TYPEWRITER. ON THE FLAPS AND INSIDE THERE IS PAINTED PRINTING WHICH I WILL PUT UP PICTURES OF. ITS A NICE LITTLE GROUP AND HAVE NO COMPLAINTS. ADDITION---------- THE MARKINGS ON THE BAG WERE NOT SHOWN BY THE SELLER NOR WAS THE BACK THAT HAD PRINTED ALL THE PLACES HE WAS AT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share #41 Posted September 20, 2018 LAST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray175INF Posted September 20, 2018 Share #42 Posted September 20, 2018 The helmet is a beauty in it's own right but the bag with all the places he's been is the icing in this fine group. How fitting for a writer to be so detailed in not just naming the atolls he was in but also the specific islands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted September 20, 2018 Share #43 Posted September 20, 2018 Wow, that bag is amazing. Lucky for you the seller didn't show that side of the bag! Amazing find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calcutta Posted September 21, 2018 Share #44 Posted September 21, 2018 Congratulations on a excellent grouping! Super neat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly.weaver22 Posted October 24, 2019 Share #45 Posted October 24, 2019 This is going to sound odd, but hopefully you see this post. Hank was my grandfather (my father’s father). He passed after the accident and my father was young (he was born in 57). I know you’re a collector, but I want to see if you’d ever be up for discussing the items, as we have only his writings from after the war and his sports commentary items. It’s more just trying to track down family history with my dad. Hope you see this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn Posted October 25, 2019 Share #46 Posted October 25, 2019 wow that is a wonderful find congrades to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted October 25, 2019 Share #47 Posted October 25, 2019 Id take this a step further, and caution against assuming correspondents were non-combat Marines. Quite the contrary, what they were reporting on, primarily, was combat. So Correspondents, Journalists, etc, were often in the thick of it with combat Marines. For a good retrospective on this, I would recommend the documentary Shooting Iwo Jima; or at least Google Bill Genaust. As anybody who served will tell you, during war, everybody is infantry. Good find Costa, congrats. Very true; also look up Norman Hatch. Nice set. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC-RECON0321 Posted October 31, 2019 Share #48 Posted October 31, 2019 Love this grouping and history! Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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