Color!!!!! Omg!! So cool, thank you!!

. Hi earlymb,   I flipped the windshield up today, but it was only to take some photos of the engine bay, I added a can of WD40 into the photo as I knew you would have a smile at that. anyway here's a wartime shot of a GPW engine bay and eighty years later a shot of my engine bay.   I have shown mine in both a colour comparison and a monochrome comparison .            Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 16  June  2O26.   ..

Might have to stop over there! My friends boyfriend works at the Becker County courthouse. Might have some access there. Thanks!

This is seriously incredible! The photo of Carl looks SO much like my great uncle John and his son Greg! Crazy! We appreciate this and will cherish these documents forever! My grandma is going to add it to the family history book she has! THANK YOU!

Thank you Brother! lol... I remeber back in the day before Photoshop... my Dad held up an image he was working on and said. "They will never have a computer that can do this" Now? Computers do it faster and better than my Dad or I ever could. I was a professional Photo Retoucher for 40 years....... lol Not anymore. ai has taken over most of the work. Its remarkable really. That final color shot with my grandparents next to each other, took the computer about 17 seconds to clean up colorize and place them together. 17 seconds! I could have done the same thing in photoshop, in about 2-3 hours..... and it would not have looked as good. 😀

So I haven't looked for or picked up anything related to aviation in awhile Matter of fact I'm wanting to scale back a bunch, but I cant help being drawn to  the appeal of the early Army APH 5's, so when a good one pops up on the ever revolving market, it gets my interest. I dont have the Mil Spec number on the rubber edge roll that's featured on this helmet, but it has always set it apart from the garden variety of APH 5's. It's in excellent shape and not chewed up or showing sign of deterioration. This one is molestation free, even down to the original earcups (like the P series helmets) which predated the MX2088 and are in excellent very supple condition The sand textured finish is unique to this model and appealing for one who's interested  in collecting from the early 60s, as that design feature was eliminated for subsequent models later into the war. Note - the chin pad has turned into crumble dust which is common place. Other than some awesome 55+ year old age patina, it's complete and likely un issued. This one will be a keeper among my fav's.    

I know just how you feel…    

Lived in DL in middle to latter 1980s; lots of veterans and material possessions in Becker County.

Rafael Eledge of Shiloh Relics would be another expert to ask about this.   https://shilohrelics.com  

What great photos Dave "The Grok" Rooster!  I love it.  So awesome, and yes I know I'm glad your Grandmother and Grandfather met so you could honor us with your presence.