Good word  - soundscape   Hands down, loudest sound was sitting in front of the controle tower as 2 top fuel dragsters did pre burn outs & 16,000 horsepower was let loose at the green light. The ground, & tower shook. Could feel it in my chest   

Ron, g'afternoon.  I just tried to ask you a question but not sure the note reached you.  I may have clicked on the wrong button.  me and computers and the forum site.  !  humph.  My question is - did CORO ever manufacture regulation insignia ?  All our Coro is Sweetheart.  Thank you, Donna Wosk / San Diego. p.s.  What does the "like" actually mean ?

Just got these three great older LARGER size, U.S. Naval Facility Midway Island, patches. Super pleased!    

Good questions.  I used to have a picture of a war-time CB "studio", where they basically had (as I remember it) a tilted drafting table that a sailor was painting a bogus prayer flag on.  I think there might have been an original reference flag next to it - so basically copying an existing flag.    So yes, a US Navy CB (I guess it could have been any MOS, but I've always heard them referred to as "Seabee Specials") would make these flags for sale / barter with other servicemembers.  If you look at ship newsletters, painted ship / jacket / other insignia, and so forth, there were a lot of true artists on these ships.  While quality varied, some of these flags are really convincing. 

Steve !  It's YOU ?  Your Quilt is / was So very beautiful.  I so remember being impressed with your hand-work.  It is lovely to "hear your voice."  Goodness, that was a long time ago.  We stopped selling for a bunch of years.  Somebody reminded me of the Forum - and here we are again.  Just waiting for the x30 Posts.  Thank you so much for writing to say 'hi.'  Hope you are well.  Donna

Jun 20-2025.  These are Lovely sterling badges.  We have PISTOL and RIFLE from our parents' San Diego ARMY NAVY store -- but none as lovely as yours.  Great find ! Donna Work / San Diego

Jun  20- 2025.  The NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine with  all the EMBLEMS and INSIGNIA has been of great help to us when trying to i.d. various badges etc/.  Donna Wosk, San Diego.  ( I am not at all sure I am responding to the correct post ??)

Jun 20 - 2025.  Donna Wosk in San Diego.  Nice picture of your QUALS.  We still have a selection - but never had very many that were stamped sterling.  Waiting for the requisite x30 posts til we can post pictures of them.  We even had / have ( if I can find them )  SWIMMING / OBSTACLE COURSE / CAVALRY.  Donna

My mother was born in Cornwall, England and enlisted in the Royal Observer Corps on her 18th birthday, during WW2. Mom's title was  "Map Plotter". MI-9 printed escape maps on silk for British air crews.  My mother met Dad at the Royal Operations Room, Truro, Cornwall, during the planning of the D-Day invasion. The U.S Army unit MIS-X also made oiled cloth escape maps for the US Navy.  I was able to get a copy of my mother's military records  and  Record of Service Card from The Royal Observer Corps Museum