This thread inspired me to get off my butt and go hit the local town wide garage sale this morning & really put the effort in.  Well, it started off slow but in the end I was able to connect with a local naval aviator who was kind of enough to let me to become the caretaker of his leather flight jacket & painted flight helmet.   My all-time favorite garage sailing find.   Thanks for the inspiration manayunkman!  

Greetings! Im the Senior Instructor at Doherty High School Navy JROTC in Colorado Springs. My 16th year! We are preserving naval history by placing on permanent display navy brass plaques from all classes of ships. We have 130 up and 75 more waiting to be displayed. Ive personslly purchased these off Ebay. Over 7000 in personal funds in a year!  Im always looking for donations! Enjoy the pictures CAPT Greg Thomas USN ( Ret)

They always seem to show up by surprise. This was in a recent lot. Nice WW1 US collar disc. My first encounter of the sweetheart discs. 

Greetings! Im the Senior Instructor at Doherty High School Navy JROTC in Colorado Springs. My 16th year! We are preserving naval history by placing on permanent display navy brass plaques from all classes of ships. We have 130 up and 75 more waiting to be displayed. Ive personslly purchased these off Ebay. Over 7000 in personal funds in a year!  Im always looking for donations! Enjoy the pictures CAPT Greg Thomas USN ( Ret)

Greetings.  Great info on Daniel T Griffin. Bridge being named in his honor in Colorado Springs.  Ironic!!! Bridge leads to Air Force Academy!!

. Hi Johan,   Out of ' likes ', we all use them up so quickly,  Look forward to seeing you here again next year. Right I can hear my bed calling, more tomorrow.    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 12  2O25.    ….  

. Hi Flibble,   Photo I grabbed for you at the museum        Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 12  2O25.    …. ….

yes, oil pressure is the important one… as seen in the photo above, my engine has 40psi at idle, even in these blistering hot temps….    

@jsand Nice buckle!

Hello y'all,my name is Foster, I am based in Alexandria, Virginia. I work at an auction house, Potomack Company Auctions, and we recently acquired a large collection of militaria and saddles from around the world, with many being from the United States. The United States collection includes mainly saddles/accouterments,  as well as a few helmets and various other items of militaria. The earliest saddle we have is circa 1840, with many from the Civil War period, including McClellan's, Whitman's, and Grimsley's, from both the North and South. Don't want to spam other threads, so I'll just leave this here, but we also do have some cavalry saddles from the post-civil war to WWI periods as well as a few random things such as US bugles and cavalry/infantry helmets. We also have a M1866 Winchester rifle, that has Billy the Kid association, apparently owned by a member of the posse that went after him (the thing is sweet.)  I'll attach a few photos below, but would love for y'all to check our auction out, to see some cool militaria or perhaps add to your collection. Feel free to reach out to me, my email is Foster@Potomackco.com for any questions. Hope y'all enjoy taking a look at some of these items, you can view all of our itemsby searching "Potomack Company Auctions" in google (its the militaria and saddle sale). If you are local (DC, Northern Virginia area) feel free to come into our showroom and take a look as well. We are open for preview M-F 9am-5pm, Sat June21st 10am-5pm + Sun June22nd 1-4pm (Not open Sat or Sun unless otherwise noted).