I don't know of any WW2 Division that was "knocked back" to a Regiment. I study these Divisions, regt, & battalions profusely. That would imply that it was once a regt, then div then regt again. I only know of infantry battalions being formed then becoming Regiments once numbers of men increased. As in the case of a 1942 PIB being redesignated as PIR in 1943, many of them began this way. Yes a dui can be copied in patch form for wear on let's say an M43, M41 field jacket or Class A, look at just about every Cavalry Recon Group MECz. The 159th was separate after being relieved from the 7th Div following the battle of Attu, remaining in Alaska as part of the Alaskan Dept. Then shipped around many bases before joining the 106th div in march 1945.

No it's not him in The Longest Day, but rather in a Episode of COMBAT. Sal Mineo guesting in two episodes, one in 1964 and the other in 1966, think this is the 1966 one. Looks to be Fixed Loop, got thee Wide Mesh British Net we see.

Ronnie, genuine question, I noticed you have a lot of kid sized stuff? Did you build it for grandkids? It your kids? Or are you just intersted interested in building child size miniatures! Either way those look great. I’ve noticed throughout many of your posts, there’s kid sized web gear, ammo, rifles, uniforms, etc.   just curious 😊

A Philippine Department Combat patch, wearer unknown, interesting in two points, first the 7th Infantry Division patch perhaps this POW was held in Japan rather then China, and was assigned to the division for administration purposes while getting discharged and going home (note the removed RD Patch). Secondly, he is a Technician 5th Grade, this rank did not exist when he was captured in 1942, so he must of just been prompted to this as a matter of course.

Nope the helmet has been though the wringer, missing chinstraps and a one of the swivel bales.

Would it be at this place?   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAF_Camp_Badaber

Just on another note, Id be careful with the chinstraps (if they're there) and the helmet band. I have a (in my opinion genuine 60s-70s worn) helmet that experienced terrible storage, pretty much every bit of cotton kanvas on the helmet is dry rotted and brittle and was full of who knows how old bug parts, and unfortunately I broke the chinstraps on the helmet after trying to a fix them to the backside of the helmet. I don't know if yours experienced similar neglect but I would be careful.

Here are my two dummies…..child size dummies.

Hey all, I recently bought this Prk-37/P flying helmet, but I'm not sure of the exact model, as I know there are several modifications to the shell. Does anyone have any information about it? Any help would be much appreciated, thank you in advance!!