Hey all, a friend of mine recently went on a road trip to Oklahoma and New Mexico to see a bunch of family and brought back this INSANE helmet that he said belonged to one of his relatives. He said he found it in the garage with a box of other stuff, it was missing a liner and the cover was stuffed in the honey rolled up and tied off with the helmet band. He sent pics, and the rest is history. Now I have the helmet on hand and J’m super excited at the potential of research. The helmet itself is a 1945 produced McCord (I think) still with the original ww2 paint and very degraded curling which you can see poking through. It’s missing one of its bales which is annoying and has no chinstraps. The Mitchell cover is EXTREMELY salty with tears all through the brim and it’s nearly ripped in half, the seam down the middle is also ripping. There is also some graffiti on it which is super cool, not sure what it is, I doubt it’s months in country, or something of that sort, but probably something else. Because if it was months he would have almost 4 years which is extremely unlikely. The helmet band which is named “Harjo” is in fairly decent condition, and the name has clearly been on there for a hot minute. I feel the name will be pretty much say to r search, as I know he lived in either OK or NM, and I know he is either a Shawnee or Creek Indian since those are the tribes my friend is apart of. Either way, I’m super excited to be the caretaker of this helmet as this is my first Vietnam helmet! Thanks for looking.   PS the liner is a post war Euro clone I put in it to keep the cover on. Not apart of the helmet.

No problem, 8 dated 42’ is Awsome, I still only have 1 43 dated pouch, nothing earlier, still haven’t found one yet. Always love seeing your posts, never disappoints!

Exactly gear fan. This was definitely exciting. And to find 8 that were 42 dated was neat.  Thanks for the comment.

Nice score! It’s always the best when you find old stuff you forgot about, it’s just like finding something brand new, gives you a similar adrenaline rush, and best of all it doesn’t cost any money!

A Maltournee Jeep? Did you the blue tag on the oil filter bracket?

Not really rare, i got mine for $10

In my garage! While looking for a box of helmet liners earlier tonight I uncovered these carbine mag pouches. 31 of em of which 8 were dated 1942 and the rest appeared to be 1943. Kind of a surprise. I plan on digging some more tomorrow.

I stopped working on the bloody (literally) bolt firing pin hole clearing and worked on getting the bolt and op rod sliding in the receiver channel instead. It just needed a little more filing and it works smoothly now.  I’m sorely tempted to get a better operating rod. My Garanding budget is out for the moment. Maybe with my next paycheck.  IMG_1929.mov

Another offered with belt on FB in US Military Collectibles "Make Offer" Page. Naval Aviator named to Phil Hardy. Interesting that it is being sold and shipped from Vietnam.