spitfirefan Posted April 25, 2022 Share #1 Posted April 25, 2022 Studying Col. Flint of the famed 39th Infantry lately. As he created the famous ‘AAA-O’ nickname and started the practice of putting it on his helmet, I am wondering where his helmet ended up. Anyone know of a museum or other location where his helmet may be displayed? I can’t find anything online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted April 25, 2022 Share #2 Posted April 25, 2022 Does his helmet still exist? Anything could have happened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfirefan Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted April 25, 2022 That is really part of the question. Is anyone aware if it still exists and if so what museum or collection. Was just curious if anyone on the Forum knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted April 25, 2022 Share #4 Posted April 25, 2022 spitfirefan, Are you aware that it was still in existence somewhere or are you just wondering if it has ever appeared? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfirefan Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted April 25, 2022 Just wondering if it ever appeared. Sorry for any confusion. It may in fact have been scrapped during or after the war. Just a question for the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted April 25, 2022 Share #6 Posted April 25, 2022 Colonel Harry “Paddy” Flint was KIA in 1944 after getting wounded by sniper fire. It’s possible that his helmet was either recycled, lost in the battlefield, or maybe even buried with him. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgutierrez Posted April 26, 2022 Share #7 Posted April 26, 2022 In 1982-1983 I was in the Army and assigned to the 39th Infantry (3/39th), 9th Infantry Division stationed at Ft. Lewis, WA. For a short period I was assigned to its' small G2 section (intelligence) which consisted of me, a buck sergeant, a Master Sergeant, and a 1st Lieutenant. LTC Jack Keane (later U.S. Army Chief-of-Staff) was commanding. Anyway the G2 section was in charge of keeping the personal effects of Colonel Flint taken off his body. They did not include, of course, his wedding ring and items such as that. There was a special safe in the G2 office where they were stored. The Master Sergeant, who was a 9th Infantry Vietnam vet by the way, once opened the safe and showed me all the items. I remember it contained small items. The biggest item was his pocket notebook but nothing at all like a helmet. So I'm going with Burning Hazard and assuming that it was most probably recycled at some point. CG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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