I just picked up an unusual Josten Senior Pilot wing.  Additional feather details have been added to the shoulders and the inner rows of feathers.  The upper wings are a normal Josten wing for comparison.  I think the additional details make it look more like a pre-war pattern wing than the late/post-war wing it really is.    

May be the reason it was not part of the Group ☺️ But it was mentioned in the letter so He had started one :)  

“Staff Sergeant Ronald Burns Reynolds was KIA 8 May 1969 during a combat operation in Thau Thien Provence, South Vietnam. He was serving with Company L, 75th Rangers, 101st Airborne Division. Prior to that he had served with the 101st Pathfinders in South Vietnam and prominent in the book Pathfinders First In-Last Out by Richard Burns. He was from Dallas, Texas and listed on the Vietnam Wall at Panel W25, Line 21. His Callsign was Sniper Check . His awards: Combat Infantry Badge, Basic Parachute Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal.”

Newest one! Features both the full set of ribbons and a bar consisting of their ribbon-only awards.

USN / Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) "Yellow Devils" / "The Main Battery". AD-6 (A-1H) // AD-7 (A-1J). Japanese-made "Prince Rocky".

Interesting, I didn't know they restruck some at a later date.  I would buy one just to have a quality sample.  Learned my new thing for the day. 🥰

Hi Folks:  Just picked up a pair of Vietnam period spike protective boots Size: 10W dated: 10-69 (October 1969) w/"GENESCO" sole (New condition).  Attended Vietnam veteran's estate sale

Yeah. i had a navy diary and it was in a used accountant ledger tossed by one of the administrative people on the ship.

True for the Ground troops but I expect it was a little different based off a Navy Carrier you don bring the diary with you its back aboard ship like the Pilot Log book.

It's not a real M2. It's not a real parachute liner. It's a reenactor / display piece.