Wow! TWELVE YEARS later! This is a "Lumpy Head" or "Parrot Beak" variation of the 101st SSI. They came out in 1947 (VERY, VERY, VERY, late war!??) and were issued to soldiers going through basic training when the division had been converted to a training division. You will occasionally find these legitimately paired with an airborne tab when the 101st was re-activated as an airborne division in the late 1950's.   Allan 

It is indeed the pull handle for a reserve parachute. These were used on several different parachutes. The handle should be painted red, but appears to have had the paint stripped for some unknown reason.   Allan

Yep, Marines were there from 1941-42 then redeployed to the Pacific. see link Marines In Iceland WW2

Unless I’m mistaken, that looks like a line officer star for cuff rank for Service Dress Blue uniform, worn for every rank from Ensign through Admiral.  

Hey John! Figure anything out on that T-6 mishap?

Pretty sure this is the right man but I'm afraid my knowledge of dog tags and the information on it is rather limited. I was hoping someone more knowledgeable in that field would be willing to give an analysis and connect the dots between the tag and the info from Findagrave.

With The FOIA you to not have to give your Social Security number.  Vietnam veterans information has not been released to fold3 the only way to get information on them is through this site. Is the research Vietnam vets the more information you have about the person the better but sometimes that’s not always an option. With this person‘s name, he should be the only one in the database.  It’s the only way that I can research Vietnam veterans.

Could you please help identify this parachute pull handle ? Thank you   Dominique 

. Birthdays . . . .    July 4th American Independence Day, July 5th my fathers birthday, July 6th friends wife's birthday. today July 7th Ringo Starr ( 85 )   During a telephone conversation with my daughter on the 5th I related it would have been her grandfathers 109th birthday had he still been alive.  Lauren replied that it was recently her mothers 60th birthday and sadly she was worried about her mothers health as she has developed Osteoporosis with two fractures of the spine and a broken rib without any accidents or falls.   Lauren also then said that she wasn't concerned about me as although I am older than her mother,  I still act fourteen . . . . . . . . . .    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  July  07  2O25.     ….

. Hi earlymb,   yes one of my local friends here often states his Jeep as being very ' green ' it was built ONCE eighty years ago and still on the road and running.  Without child labour having to mine rare metals in terrible conditions in various countries of the world to produce modern GREEN cars which won't last ten years and certainly the batteries don't, how many rare metals are left in the world for all the replacement batteries and parts in the coming years.  . . . . . . . .    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, July  07  2O25.     ….