. Hi mikie,   well at least they hadn't been drinking and were legless .. . . . . . . . . .   Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 06  2O25. ( 81st anniversary of D-Day 1944 )   ….  

. Hi Kevin,   darn decent of you old chap to have remembered that after all these years.   Personally I still laugh at Dave `McKenna's face one time. He only had a Jeep and no car so he had taken his wife supermarket shopping, again this is back in the 1980's,  and they loaded the jeep and tried to start it, all the old wiring under the dash burst into flames and he couldn't drive it.  He had phoned for help to Ian to bring a trailer over and recover it. I was visiting Ian at the time and said forget the trailer I can pass that way and take a look ate it.  His wife took a taxi home and I arrived at the supermarket carpark to see a very despondent and worried looking Dave, his baby had burst into flames, and no longer drives. I  I took a pair of pliers and chopped a length of the burnt wire out and the look on his face that I had done that, I hot wired it and said lets get home and see what Pat has made for us to eat.    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 06  2O25. ( 81st anniversary of D-Day 1944 )   ….  

I think I paid $60 for the 82nd, $45 for the 1st ID, $80 for the 29th and $140 for the 101st. 

Thanks for the suggestions. I’ll let you know what I come up with.  mikie

15 AAA... guy could have been Army mountain troops and would not have had a need for skis...

Obviously they are trying to get a “leg up” on life.  mikie

Do you still have these medals? Can you send me a PM Thank you!

Looks like the same person carved this buckle and the 1945 example on vforvictory1945's post #1489. 

Indeed, it has haha!   I can't wait for the rest of my Vietnam "haul" to arrive in the mail, as you already know, I've got a handful of very nice pieces on the way. I even have a South Korean Fierce Tiger division OG-107 uniform coming from Japan!