53rd Infantry, Fall 1940 at Ord.

This is a beautiful army air corps mess dress uniform dated 1939, belonging to Colonel Henry G Woodward. I was told by the seller that I can find photos of him on the Connecticut State Library’s website but it won’t let me access them.

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And a close up of deteriorating patch.

Found one.   FRANCE Patch got the old deterioration of threads thing going on (Was what causes this talked about before?)

Not aware of the universal use of White sewing thread then, it was usually OD, sometimes Khaki, and sometimes Thread that matched the insignia, like using Blue Thread for say a III Corps patch, Orange for the Signal Corps Center & School, Dark Green for EM Rank stripes etc etc.   However on original Vietnam Fatigue shirts and Tropical Coats one will see White thread a lot, here it is not so much White Thread but rather faded OD or Black Thread and such, these being local South Vietnamese made sewing thread that had poor dye, a poor dying process and faded a near White shade real fast from washing and the sun shine and when it rained etc,

. Repairing a Jeep today   On Sunday a local friends Jeep stopped working whilst we were taking part in the Carentan military vehicle parade on Sunday afternoon.  We tried a couple of quick fixes which made no difference so I took off the metal tow bar I carry for such emergencies and towed him into the town centre carpark where all the other vehicles had stopped for the public to walk amongst.  I lifted the hood of his Jeep and returned to my vehicle for my tool bag.  As I returned it was like bee's round a honey pot, several other French vehicle owners had all descended to offer their thoughts and help, so it happened to start again, and we headed for home once the majority of vehicles left also.  Half-way back to his house it completely stopped again, and I had to do a second tow a short distance to his house.     I went around with tools and a spare condenser this morning, he had a new set of points so under instruction he removed the old points and condenser, and fitted the new ones, leaving me to set the gap of the points, using my fingers to flick the points open I commented that the return felt very weak, upon taking a further look the sprung-metal that acts as the spring was completely missing, however I set the points with just the copper connection in place and it fires immediately without any hesitation and runs really well but maybe not trustworthy with the sprung-metal spring missing.    However he is ordering new points and condenser which we will fit when they arrive.  Condensers are very often the problem when the ignition system breaks-down.        Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 10  June  2O26.   ..

Honestly, I do. I don't like it when somebody insults someone else, and I want to hear an apology to them. And I was actually a little interested where RKurz was getting his information, and if he actually came to his senses eventually.    Wade

Are these ww2 or Korea? I can make out ammo lot EA-17-7a. One is an M23 and the other is an m23a1. Are these common to find? I recently came across some ordnance and I collect mostly helmets and guns. Thanks. 

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