Not to say there aren't members here who can help you with your quest, but I think this may be answered quickly at CivilWarTalk. A lot of very knowledgeable folk in CW individual research over there. Simply a suggestion. Wish I could help

Pretty sure that’s 70’s Thai camo

Not necessarily "finds", but Ira Green now has all the new "Master" awards for sale....not terribly pricey. I got the MCIB and the new Arctic Service Medal in about 5 days. The medal looks like it's only in satin finish at the moment.   https://www.iragreen.com/medals-ribbons-accessories.html   https://www.iragreen.com/shop.html?q=master+combat     Mark sends

Out of print watch for on ebay

Also check with the University in the area to see if any students wrote reports or if they have other information.

Seen at the top of the photo,  soon to be no more.    https://fullavantenews.com/u-s-navy-plans-to-remove-salvage-platforms-from-uss-arizonas-hull/  

I’m enjoying your posts on Mexican War battles. It’s all a learning experience for me. Please keep it going! mikie

Hello can you take a look and determine if this patch is good or bad. Thanks for looking.

May I suggest going to the local library and read what was said at the time in the local news paper. If you find mishaps order the reports. If local old timers are still around, talk to them. You could get lucky and find one who worked as a contract civilian. The big story is good but the human story adds to it. If you read my post on Connor Field the news paper accounts told the lost story.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtland_Army_Airfield   A quick read on this base tells me you have plenty of information to be mined. When I did research on MCAS El Toro I found it at the Ziggurat in Laguna Beach Ca. They had everything on that base from how they selected it. Who owned the property and how much they paid and photo's. All the documents. See who holds those papers. Check with the National Archives first. I also found at the local university the large format air photograph's of my County taken every 10 years starting in the 20's. Start digging.

The 90th was on occupation duty until November of 1945 which could have necessitated a glossy repaint of the officer's combat helmet.    Also, it's important to remember that just because a helmet doesn't look "right" for one period of time doesn't mean it's bad.  The 90th Division was reactivated in 1947 as part of the organized reserve corps.  I am not familiar enough with the time period to know whether its correct but this could be from that period as well.     Kyle