More photos of the fort. The last two are is in its boarding school days.

Throwing this out there as a potential Actor Who Were There.....In Real Life Then In Movies   This character, named Sparrow in The Longest Day, the Ranger, one who is KIA, never was really credited properly as far as I remember, even recall it was stated he was a Pro Football Player once, His name now is Joseph Lowe and It seems information on him is now available, but its contradictory, so now we see he is stated as being a WWII Ranger who actually fought at Pointe Du Hoc, but he's not listed in the WWII Ranger Roster, One site has him as in the 5th Ranger Battalion, they didn't go in a Pointe Du Hoc, it was the companies from the 2nd, One has him a a Sergeant on active duty still in West Germany, obviously an E-7 or E-8, in the 2nd Battle Group, 505th Infantry 8th Infantry Division, this rings kinda true in this regard with him as The Longest Day is his one and only film and tv credit on IMDB, however that.s were the info stops, we see no other info on him, not even an OBIT.,

This is a better view of the painting I posted earlier. This say's its an 1862 view of the fort.

Actually, the Vietnamese did and do use Western numbers since the early 20th century.  

This is an 1879 view of the Fort

Thanks for providing those links, Steve.   Some interesting theories, but it seems nothing definitive.  

Nice additions to your Museum. i hope to visit again some time this summer

Got a new carrier and a shovel cover. Now I've got to find the shovel. 

It’s real, early occupation era. 

I am new to the bullion patch side of collecting and I need some help to determine if the 106th patch shown is WW2 / post war occupation period, or a put together patch?  The bullion looks aged but the wool backing looks fresh.  Unfortunately I am unable to see the back of the patch since it’s still attached to a piece of what looks to be wool shirt material.  Any help would be much appreciated.