EBay is awash with thousands of these Vietnamese/Philippine fakes. Consult with multiple people on the USMF before you buy.

. D-Day week parachute jumps.   these are the aircraft circling around for repeat runs into the drop zone over Chef du Pont  during D-Day week, there were also a few C-47's but lingering behind the military parachutists.           Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 28  2O25.    ….

. Hi earlymb,   Yes General Apathy,  by name and by nature . . . . . . 😜     Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 28  2O25.    ….

Well, you do have the most popular topic by far on the forum named after you 🤭    

Stood watch behind one of these too. I worked as a deckhand for Cross Sound Ferry between New London, CT and Orient Point on Long Island aboard the Cape Henlopen. She was previously known as LST-510 and is a D-Day veteran. She still has her Sperry helm. The helmsman is given the choice of using the modern jogstick or the old Sperry wheel. 

I’ve run a 36 footer, 36500 to be specific. Gotta be careful when you go astern. The rudder will spin that wheel if you don’t have a good grip on it and bust your hand.

Count me in as interested. Keep’em coming. Throw in some compass binnacles and engine order telegraphs. 

Well I've seen white, gray and blue but never red. Maybe got in the wash with something red. Very cool picture thanks for posting.

Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command 80-G-K-4513 (Color) USS Missouri (BB-63)   Band concert on main deck, during the ship's shakedown period, circa August 1944.

Welcome to the forum! My own grandfather served with 397th Infantry Regiment during the war and the 100th as a whole is the main focus of my collecting.