This site (and contacts there) may be helpful, if you are not already familiar with it:   https://www.80thdivision.com/photos.html   Dan

I can only echo that. Excellent painting and weathering. And I really like the way you fixed all the equipment, boxes, jerrycans, C-rations etc. at the tank, great work! Together with your father´s insignia and these incredible photographs an outstanding modeling project. Thanks very much for sharing!   PK   P.S.: I really would like to see your tanks in action.

This one, perhaps:     It covers 1782 to publication date (1996).

may have been repainted at one time. 

@268th C.A. any explenation why there is this goldish glow around the grooves of the stamp? also, the grooves dont feel very deep.

Copy of my reply on another discussion board:   VERY informative discussion on “H” plate belts on this forum; thank you all.   Is there a similar discussion on belts with “C” type closures?  I found my one book by Dorsey (“American Military Belts and Equipment”) to lack details that he devotes to the other topics, for which, BTW, I am GREATLY appreciative.   Oh, and to be very picky and branch-parochial, but also to be an unabashedly proud former 11B2P, I only collect US Army Infantry.   Again, thank you all! jk

Some suspect that it is for a sub-inspector, as the initials MP do not match any of the more famous inspector during that time period.  It has the blackish park and not the green park that came later.  I need to do some more research on the black park timeline and maybe that will narrow it down.  

If anyone has a lead on an original company photograph of B Company, 317th INF, 80th ID, I would love to purchase one or obtain a digital copy. It was my grandfather's unit throughout the war. Thank you! 

A while back I saw a book that was on archive.org that a forum member posted that covered U.S army service and dress uniforms from World War One, Interwar, and World War Two. The book also covered combat uniforms and field gear and experimental uniforms. I can’t remember for the life of me the name of it but if anyone has any idea on what the book may be I’ll  appreciate it

Hi, all. Long-time lurker and new member here. I noticed the trend of .45 cartridges being stored in M1 enblocs while recently on a Battle of the Bulge tour in Belgium and Luxembourg. These were excavated from battle sites and presumably not faked, but it is a trend I have not seen in museums all over Europe that display such objects. While it seems like a convenient way to carry a magazines (+) of 1911/A1 ammunition, it was entirely new to me. Has anyone seen or read about this storage method before? Looking forward to any feedback, stories, and/or sources anyone can provide. Thanks in advance!