Love the artwork. Art back then was so "down home." guessing rural areas were more populated. That's great, love it.

Tell your wife its an investment much like investing in art. It's a hard asset that can be enjoyed much like art.

Price:$1000 shipped  The first book has some really nice writing in- and it tells where the solider was located when he bought the pocket size dictionary- later on the other book was bought- it is a medical book- this person later became a doctor. He was a doctor in the palmyra Annville Pennsylvania area. See the last pictures of some history on him. We are from Pennsylvania and Palmyra and know of the name of this person via our historical records and knowledge.  Please feel free to ask any questions and more photos  Super cool memorabilia     

cards are great!

. Hi Graham ( MCDUFF )   Whilst taking a friend on a tour of the Collins museum I spotted this item on the shelf that I knew would interest you,  enjoy.       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 26  2O25.    ….    

As I recall, the troops actually buried their berets.

You could be right. The top is rolled over and not a raw edge. That’s just what he told me.

That's true, I could just leave it alone, I'm not against that option. It actually might look better unpainted now that I think about it. 

. Hi pump150.   Thank you for reading my post above and adding a like, which was difficult to write without sounding negative to the thread.  I am as keen as everyone to try and learn the detail and complex background of this small item of issue during WWII, but so important to the war effort and the lives of the Marines using these covers.    Without  detouring too far from the topic,  back in January 2022 in the military vehicle section I posted a fascinating documentary about the making of US Jerrycans in the UK during WWII, a whole US factory was moved to the UK to manufacture in the UK thereby saving much space on the Liberty ships bringing supplies to the UK.  If only every other item of WWII equipment supplied had had a documentary made like this it would have made understanding the design and manufacturing during WWII much easier and less guess work eighty years later.  I hope this link works it is fascinating and little known about manufacturing US items in the UK.    https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/367008-astounding-documentary-on-making-us-petrol-cans-wwii/   regards lewis.   ...  

Hey all,   While combing the internet for a M51 field jacket I've come across quite a few examples. But what has stood out to me is that the length of the drawstrings don't seem to be uniform. Was the length ever standardized or did they just use what they had at hand? If anyone with some knowledge on the matter could shed a bit of light I'd be a happy man!   Two examples:   Both are listed as a size XS-R, but you can see the difference in length of the drawstrings.