Hi Ken,   I agree, it's a great shot! Unfortunately there's no telling if the oil filter housing is a Purolator or a Fram. I think it has the early green rubber hood blocks though as the wooden ones first appeared in September 1942, long after the end of the slat grille production.   My jeep does have the retro BODL (Black Out Driving Light) kit with the 'tombstone'-bracket; I got an original bracket from a friend years ago and when I was looking how to put it on I actually found welded holes that matched perfectly so it's now back at that exact location.   Spent another Saturday working on the jeep. More cleaning of the front end, a dirty job but with slow-but-steady progress of removing years of buildup of hardened grease, grime, mud and oil and that is before I strip or sand the paint 😆   I knew it was there, but I recovered the assembly date of the front axle which is 01.06.42 (at the underside of the 'donut', a bit hard to read), which coincides beautifully with my d.o.d. of 01.08.42.       I also mostly stripped both of the steering tie-rods, and the right (long) one has some funny word stamped on it 😂       Also on the tie-rod end:     The left tie-rod is most likely factory-original to the jeep, as it had traces of the very early yellow-green chromate primer. Other jobs done were cleaning and testing all grease zerks in the area I'm working now and removing fuel pump, generator and starter from the engine block so that too can be cleaned and prepared for painting.

Another one that is a mine field. Found in 5th Army groupings from time to time. These have been out for years but recently mass produced in the past few years like the one on the right. This is a different seller/maker than all of the previous patches in this thread. 

-->> GINA = Global Information Network Architecture   " In late 2008, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) began a second phase of the project under CRADA with Big Kahuna Technologies LLC, the current IP holders for the GINA technology."

Struck out on GINA, too, but “EROC” (letters at the bottom of the patch) stands for “Engineer Reporting Organization Code”, if that helps. Also, it might just be my eyes but it looks like there’s a letter in the middle of the design, perhaps a “T” to make “GITNA”. Unfortunately, no joy with that acronym either.

Hey everyone,   I’m looking into getting a camo HBT set and wanted to hear your thoughts on the current repro options out there. I remember the older ATF runs were pretty decent — good fabric and print — but I’ve been hearing mixed reviews about their more recent batches. Anyone have firsthand experience with the new ones?   As for SMW, I’ve never seen their camo HBTs in person. How do they hold up in terms of pattern accuracy, material, and overall cut? Are they worth the price compared to ATF?   Any other brands worth checking out? I’d really appreciate any feedback or side-by-side comparisons if you’ve got them!   1 - ATF 2 - SMW   Regards, Florian.  

. A war film I have never seen . . . . . . . . . .   Amazing all the war films I have seen over the years and never found this one before, ( Things to Come ). Made in 1936 a film supposedly 100 years ahead of it's time yet just three years before the war in 1939 started. A fantasy story written by H.G. Wells predicting a world at peace without war and with a New World Order / One world which isn't so far from what is being attempted now by various entities.  . . . . . .    Many famous 1930's actors    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwTDqHrJ4vc       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, May 03 2O25.   ….      

Now it's just the cover. Internet Archive cut access to a lot of copyrighted material.

Note must log in to read this book online https://archive.org/details/usarmyuniformsof0000stan

Truly beautiful. The craftsmanship is incredible.

link of iternest https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chesty_Puller_and_Ironman_Lee.jpg