Loving the nearly completely white back, very nice

Gorgeous uniform !

Very useful, thank you

I can thoroughly recommend watching some of Mark Novaks videos on Youtube for some solid advice and tips on stock work, For me personally, I like boiled linseed oil but occasionally pure tung oil gets a some use. Just make sure its pure though, a lot of companies like to brand their products as ''tung oil'' but its actually cut with a lot other crap. 

Boiled. Raw doesn't dry. I just wipe it on with a rag or even just my bare hands. Let it sit a day then wipe dry.

Thanks

Neat patch Mort. Hope you can nail it down. A Chaplain example would be pretty awesome.

The 4th California Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment recruited from northern California during the American Civil War. It was organized at Sacramento, Placerville, and Auburn in September and October 1861.pany I - Company K was raised in Nevada City, and was mustered into service at Camp Sigel, on the seventh day of October, 1861. At Camp Sige until January, 1862. Moved to Camp Union, Sacramento, then to San Francisco April 28, and duty at Benicia Barracks until November, 1862. To Fort Umpqua November 12. Duty there and at Benicia Barracks until March, 1863. Moved to Camp Drum under Captain Charles Atchisson[17] March 6 and to Fort Mojave April 29, and duty there until mustered out. Company I - This company was raised in Nevada City, and was mustered into service at Camp Sigel, on the seventh day of October, 1861. At Camp Sige until January, 1862. Moved to Camp Union, Sacramento, then to San Francisco April 28, and duty at Benicia Barracks until November, 1862. To Fort Umpqua November 12. Duty there and at Benicia Barracks until March, 1863. Moved to Camp Drum under Captain Charles Atchisson[17] March 6 and to Fort Mojave April 29, and duty there until mustered out.

Before the internet, there wasn't much one could do with dog tags as far as researching them.  They were commonly found at garage sales on old key rings, buried in junk boxes, and occasionally in piles at flea markets for often for less than a dollar a set.  They were something like rocks, bottle caps, insulators, and other things that could be found and collected that cost close to nothing.   Also consider how many dog tags there are.  The Army made them official in 1906, but often soldiers had several sets, because the regulations or their information changed.  As an example, my father enlisted in the Navy in WW II, was an enlisted man in the Army in 1950, became an officer in the Army in 1952, and retired in 1969.  I have five or six sets of his dog tags.  So, how many millions of dog tags are we potentially talking about?   As fun example, here is a WW II soldier who had three sets of dog tags for himself, plus two different tags for his dog Penny:   PS: Please note Penny's earlier well worn tag has her "next of kin's" address, but thankfully that was dropped to help her keep her secrets.  

Also @US82Bravo might you be able to link to those documents you clipped? The ones dated Sept 30th 1944 do not seem to enlarge well enough to be able to read from here, but not sure I had seen that one previously. Like @aznation I had only previously seen or been able to access the July 31st 1944.