Hello, From you posted above....     3. "Technical Modifications (Laboratory Hardware): Biometric Ports: Hand-stitched, reinforced openings on the cuffs without corresponding buttons. These served as outlets for telemetric cables (ECG, pulse, respiration) leading from the pilot's body to laboratory measuring instruments."   Your cuffs on that shirt have buttons on them.

I have six 48 star interment flags. One has 48 gold stars. My research indicated that in 1944 so many soldiers were killed that a company in France or Belgium made this flag to coincide with the gold star program. It was not authorized by the USA. 500 were made and sent out before it could be stopped. It has gold stars on one side and white stars on the other side. There are no printed markings on the flag. This flag and the others were discarded for disposal. They are all like new. Our VFW has boxes for retiring flags next to a VA hospital. These flags show up ever so often. We want destroy them but save them in honor of the soldiers who lost their lives.  It is ashamed relatives don't want them and just throw them away.

I detect. I don't live close to anywhere I could find CW artifacts.

That's a mule shoe. Horses have a different shaped hoof.

Nice collection of fragments there. I’ve dug many similar pieces through the years. Paul

Thank you again!   That pretty much answers my question.   Regarding the green book, are there other years available?   

Did it Blow -Up a Horse?

When someone makes a discover they present their case which you have done.   At the end of their writing they will offer footnotes so their colleagues can test the findings and understand where their conclusions come from.   Instead of thinking we are all off base offer us the library where your information comes from.    

Rooter, A very nice display of VN era flight gear, not an area I collect, however well done.  I do have a question regarding the gloves.  The back story is I once had a mess dress uniform on mannequin displayed in public with all the accouterments, gloves included.  A couple came up and asked if the gloves were "correct"?  I said yes they came with the uniform from the veteran and were dated about the same as the other parts.  The couple got rather indignant and said the gloves were all wrong and stormed off!  I was stunned and absolutely perplexed as to what their outburst was all about.  So back to my question for you, how do you handle the small items for such a display?  Are the gloves dated concurrent to the major items or is any pair representative close enough?  Do you feel it is more important to have a "placeholder" that may not be perfect, than an empty space or missing item?  Have you had any similar dissatisfied patrons who took umbrage with a display or artifact?  Cheers, Armygas

darn, I like the .pdf.  Thank you much.