I still have #5.

Don’t get all keyed up about it. It should be easy. Those candle holders on the piano are a dead giveaway 😁  mikie

. Hi Ron,   darn that's going to be a hard Then & Now to replicate I have no idea where to look for a piano and a map on the wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 14  2O25.    ….

This configuration is from late 1970s to early 80s.   That angled piece that clips the straps to the helmet is from that time.

Could be ROTC related.

Could the airborne tab have been an error when the air assault tab was being made?   The colors are the same as well as the manufacturing of the tab which could have occurred as there were airborne units that wore the blue and white tab at that same time.

Hi Scott, my pleasure   The Independence, which belongs to the Atlantic Fleet, is arriving from Norfolk, and reports I have seen indicate that the units have shown great adaptability to the specificities of operations in Vietnam while gathering as much information as possible from other PacFlt units. Unfortunately, I do not have any details on the type of box used for the medicines, but it is easy to imagine that the ship's medical service and the squadron flight surgeons put together “customized” kits based on the feedback gathered during the handover of information between wing staff. The flare launchers are the ones you mention. I enclose you the 1966 MAG 11 order specifying the contents of the survival for USMC unit Nouvelle image (8).bmpNouvelle image (9).bmp     Best Yves  

Thank you for the help.

Looks to be a 1950’s/1960’s produced M1, looks to be a low dome and have a back seem, nice pickup! The straps are also a pair ww2 variant, likely late Vietnam era.

Hey all, recently been inspired by manayunkmans recent endeavors so I begged for a ride to a Yardsale/flee market event Ina parking lot around Encinitas out here in SoCal near Carlsbad. Anyways I get there and immediately see a militaria booth there with a woman who had all this GWOT stuff in the table so I asked the price and she said 50 fore everything so I picked it all up and took it home looking at it more everything is named, mostly to the same guy, but a piece or 2 has some different names. Hoping to be able to research the guy as everything has some solid genuine wear. Hoping he’s a combat vet as the chocolate chip is super faded and worn. Plus the other gear like the M17A1 gas mask which was a major score. Another cool thing is everything on his PASGT is named, all D’Apuzzo, if D’Aplizzo, not sure. Either way really hope this stuff is researchable as this is my very first legit grouping. Hope you all enjoy and are just as excited as I am!!!!