. Hi Kevin,   pleased to hear you held onto the book.  A quote from a coffee mug ' The days are long, the years are short '      Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 19 April  2O26.   ..

What a nice group.

Just saw this. Willis & Geiger made these perfect repros in late ‘90s. Bedford Cord NA-1 Summer Flying Jacket. I love mine. Hit eBay and search what I wrote above. I’ve seen 1-2 over the years. 

Here’s a real odd 1! Cool but odd.     

. Hi mikie,   well I don't think I have added these two Bulge ' winter ' scenes before, so just for you, you can try and do a Then & Now between the television scenes and the trees in my stills from the set.   That's a Polish friend Marcin that visited the set.            Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 19 April  2O26.   ..

🤣   I'm sure that's the effect of my charming personality that hits you like a ton of br... wooden mallets! Let's go to the pub and get hammered 😁    

It seems whenever I randomly come across Band of Brothers while channel surfing, it’s always the Bulge episode. I look at it with more interest since learning about the Norman D Landing connection.  mikie

Thank you! Yeah, I was lucky enough to spot them as they dropped, and got a few of them, thankfully. Now if they could just get an original rev war haversack and an 1851 haversack I could nab quick, I’d be set for life, haha

I noticed IMA had a hellacious selection of early IW gear last week, and it all sold. Really nice stuff! Congratulations on adding a valise to your collection!

I nice read….just was in Bitche, France on Saturday..ate a super lunch drove by Maginot Line emplacements.