. I met another one of these monsters again today . . . . .   Fortunately this was on a long straight two way road and I had time to pull over, last week it was a similar tractor on a narrow single width bend.      Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 29  2O25.    ….

That’s a really interesting helmet. Looks to be one of a kind. 

Thank you for posting his very moving tribute. He will be missed by all who knew him.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/tigard-or/robert-queen-12416481 R.I.P

I just was informed I will be getting this image in the mail showing Dorsey wearing that same 3rd division scroll.  It is always nice to get confirmation of theater made items.   I know many patches and badges were made and sold in the 60s and 70s. In his early collecting years, an unscrupulous collector traded my father a bunch of ww2 german badges for some very nice things he collected while stationed in German and Belgium.  Dad's stuff was original, the stuff he received was all fake. I have always been jaded ever since by folks who say "I got this directly from the veteran's family" Which he did tell my father. I was 12 at the time, and had no clue about real and fake. I recall over the next few years reading the paper version of Shotgun News, the ads were filled with newly made $14.95 German Combat Awards. Same crap as the guy traded with my father for.    A photo like this is very helpful and reassuring.   THis image is arriving also. How cool. I wonder who got the Italian Carcano, the German Flag and the Army NCO visor cap.

Yes - that is 2Lt 'Jim' James M Bray D.F.C. Library of Congress has a zoomable photo of him here: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8b09946/ in April 1943 (as a Technical Sgt.) Some dates and details of medals here: https://www.9af.org/bray-james-b3903-9af.cfm and there's a good mention of him in the Wikipedia page for the First Motion Picture Unit at 'Fort Roach' - Hal Roach's Studio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Motion_Picture_Unit The quote about him says:  There's some great footage taken by him flying over the 98th Bomb Group's targets on the North African coast, including Benghazi and Tripoli - Youtube, ZenosWarbirdvideos:  I haven't found anything yet on Col. Greenwald. Anyone got anything? (I would say 1943, not '42) Best wishes, Pete.

Same. Really like the 90th bomb group patch on the Australian made ike jacket. I wonder how common of occurrence it was to put a bomb group patch on the Ike. 

Thank you for confirming, and for the link. Very interesting. 

nice helmet  

Nice example! I never saw that at Pomoma,   Kurt