Here's a few of my pic of aircraft I managed to find from my time at Ft. Wainwright in 1972. The black and white images were taken during Exercise Jack Frost '72. The others are at an Armed Forces Day display in 1972. I have some others, but they are 35mm slides and I don't have a scanner yet to convert them. I also have some other prints to copy.  

I know this is an old thread, but I thought this may be an example of a Hickock liner? They were awarded a contract to make 240,000 liner bodies in 1942 but was cancelled in its entirety; how soon after awarding I can't find. This list is on the QM museum's website, if I can find the link again I'll post it.   Hickock did end up making headbands and nape bands for the liners but this cancelled contract may be a clue as to this liner's origin.

Give it a try, you will be rewarded with months of incredible offers like dating hot Asian girls, to some amazing ground breaking medical procedures. Mind you, when I made this mistake it was through our museum computer and my Treasurer had a field day for months over it😂    Scott

AI strikes again. Bow and pay homage to our soon-to-be electronic overlords.  mikie

Good evening everyone,   I’d like to share this grouping I acquired directly from the great niece of the veteran. I was graciously given permission to research and publicly display these items at one of the museum events I’ve been invited to. I’ve put together the following description based on the research I conducted. I believe he may have served with Companies E & K in both the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, though I have unfortunately been unable to relocate the sources confirming that detail.   Private First Class Ted Britton Hinson was born on July 10, 1925, the son of Mr. Calvin D. Hinson and Mrs. Anna B. Hinson, and was raised in Moss Point, Jackson County. He completed four years of high school and later worked as a semiskilled welder and flame cutter at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation before entering military service. He enlisted in the United States Army at Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on September 15, 1943, and served with K Company, 2nd Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. After completing his training, he deployed to the Pacific Theater, where his regiment participated in combat operations in New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon. During his service, he earned the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with three battle stars, the Philippine Liberation Medal with two stars, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman Badge. PFC Hinson was killed in action on the island of Luzon on May 19, 1945, at 19 years of age, during his nineteenth month of service. He was officially recorded as a battle casualty after being struck by enemy fire with injuries sustained to the face and thorax during combat operations in the Philippine campaign. PFC Hinson is buried at Griffin Cemetery in Moss Point, Mississippi.

Gonna disagree here. Especially since someone brought up the fact that since it didn’t come with more from the vet that it’s likely not legit.    I picked up a HUGE 3rd Marine Division grouping in St.Louis a couple years back. Originally I was only picking up a wool USMC blanket and then they brought out the Marine’s UNIS marked pack, dog tags, medals, ribbons, etc. Other than those items, there was nothing else of his at all. In the end it wasn’t a HUGE grouping but it was most definitely legit. I managed to trace the vet back to living in St.Louis as well.     There’s no reason to not believe a group like this. Especially since he has backed all the fact thrown against him.    Your PIR story really doesn’t compare here in this case. PIR vets often have repro jump jackets for events made. That’s nothing new. What would be new is someone going through the trouble of painting a 3rd MarDiv seabag to lug around at events. I think people are far too scared of paint.    People are quick to judge a seabag but would go nuts over a WWI painted gas mask bag 

Seller replied, basically going through some financial times. I wished him luck. 

Condition isn’t the issue, content and composition are.     And it coming with other items from the veteran has zero bearing on originality.     A local WWII PIR veteran had a mix of original and repro items in his estate - some of which was named / gifted to him by friends and family.  In particular was a jump jacket that he had made up to wear to events - patched-out with wings on it.  One of his friends gave him a better-quality repro German dagger, adding to the mix.   The only thing that makes an item original is originality.  Not how it came, not who it came from.

Part 2  RRUs ASA and 1st signal 

Thanks gents!!!!