aerialbridge   That one Joseph T “J. T.” Lowe in the obit maybe a 3rd Award CIB, but not finding anything else on him.

I was in the 1/508th 82nd abn., our battalion commander said no jungle boots so I wore my jump boots. when we got to green ramp they issued all the ammo rations poncho liners camy sticks ect. and brand new jungle boots! by the time I got mine all they had was size 7 1/2 and I wear a 10 so I continued to wear the jump boots.   as far as graffiti, they were pretty strict about stuff like that in the 82nd but tick marks on the helmet band for how many jumps you had was common. we had the standard small alice packs and no chemical gear except protective masks and I think they allowed us to put those in our rucsacks. my bn commander also made everybody that had one to shave their mustaches of before we left and we had to shave and polish our boots daily and were issued bayonets because he wouldn't let us take personal knives. other units would be a little differant but my bn commander was a little differant too.  pic's of the guys with the mesh on their helmets were from the 505, I dont remember which bn. we called them the cabbage patch kids.

Hi all, I just joined. I’m a military aviation; 20th Century conflicts history fanatic. I specially like WW2 history.   In the past I’ve restored several WW2 jeeps (MB and GPW) but most recently, I’m focusing solely of WW2 aviator’s jacket collecting and restoring.    

Very nice👍 AG

@ OldSalt82 - Very nice!  Looking forward to reading how your tests go.

Ditto Dirk,   Sad news

Very sorry to hear that….bought from him over the years….a good dealer…..he always seemed to find great items….

Hi to you all :))   I found this jacket online and the seller seems to be willing to part with it for 340 USD (it is best offer only). Howevef, I wanted to check if it is really genuine... Especially the Special Forces SSI and the probability of a 101st combat SSI without a second award CIB. What are your thoughts? And is it worth the 340 (I live in Germany)?   Cheers, Jules

The 358th IR (90th ID) was at Camp Barkeley, TX off and on from its organization there during Mar 42 until Sep 43, according to Stanton. The regiment departed for England during Mar 44.   If you can share his servce number and confirm his name, maybe we can help answer your question (with more than just conjecture).   Dan

You should keep that - it is so cool!  And as far as your daughter's college costs go, what would it pay for?  2  text books, perhaps? Hopefully it's not still displayed in your yard.  A bunch of black SUV's with flashing lights might show up.