Great information and thank you for posting the link to the manual.  

Heh, Newfoundlanders love water! Get one if you like the smell of wet dog. 😅 I love these big doggies though. Friends used to have a pair of Bernese mountain dogs. Plenty of Rain and wind here as well. my plans for today are to re-watch The Longest Day this evening. 

Thank you kindly sigsaye! I knew you and salvagesailor would know. Missing stencil! Only a US Navy vet would know these things! Thanks again! Dave

Absolutely amazing! 

https://youngmarines.org/ym_uploads/Library/67/Manual - YM_Awards 2017 v3_V2.pdf?1583339436

Active Young Marine here, and some have stayed the same. (Going left to right) He had the qualified field ribbon, organized unit trip ribbon w/ silver star (6 awards), unknown ribbon, a perhaps older variant of the Physical fitness ribbon, and then the junior leadership ribbon. @Gear Fanatic see if your friend can tell the one i can’t quite tell. It might be an older version of the basic ribbon.

Thank you very much for your kind comments.   To answer a few quetions: - the fence has been done thanks to 3D swirls and spikes, the rest from evergreen rods and strips. - all my modeling practise is only to pay tribute to those who liberated my parents.

Have any of you installed a barrel on a Garand? I’ve run into a problem trying to mount the barrel. The barrel screws into the receiver and comes to a hard stop about 15-20 degrees off from where it should. It doesn’t seem possible that it can screw in any farther. I have two front receiver pieces and it’s the same problem for both. Any thoughts or ideas? mikie

Hey, if your interested in the bars I could ask my friend who’s a YM, they might still be the same.

Today’s rainy day find.   Never seen anything like it, the man told me he wore it from ages 7-9 but never joined the marines.   Take note of the ribbon bars, he couldn’t remember what they stood for.