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I have a "We're in the Army Now" diary, that has a few entries in it from somewhere in France, September 1944, I believe.   I'm afraid it might have been some of the soldiers last writings. The last entry was " Guns boom all around". There are a few names and addresses of officers that he knew, but his name isn't anywhere in the diary. I did a little research on it a few months ago, but I can't remember what all I found on it. I think his unit was with Patton on the Western Front. I think he mistakenly put his last entry in the space for October, instead of September.    I sure would like to find out who he was and possibly return it to his family. My sister charged me a lot for it. I'm not sure what to do with it really. I'll try to post a couple pictures here. I'd like to find out what it's worth. 

A double V bar to a long-serving enlisted Marine. The devices are dark bronze, the one on the Commendation almost black. Interesting combo without Korean War Service.   Patent of the mounting bar is from the late '50s.

Here is what I have observed from seeing many of these belts. There are pre-June 1944 contract dated examples with 2 buttons and 3 buttons. Likewise, there are post June 1944 examples of both. From what I have seen, the 3 button is more commonly encountered in the earlier dated belts. Also, most of the two button belts I've seen are army contract belts. In fact, I struggle to remember if I have ever seen a 2 button navy contract belt. I have also never seen a D-Day picture of a soldier with a 2 button belt. Were I to speculate, I would say that the army simply drew from navy stocks already on the boats, resulting in there being only 3 button belts seen during D-day. Paratroopers during Market Garden were known to wear them and I would assume these are drawn from Army stocks and thus would be 2 buttons. 

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Joint Task Force Eight (JTF-8)     When the Soviet Union resumed nuclear atmospheric testing in September 1961, the United States responded with its own testing in Operation Dominic I. These tests took place from April to November 1962. In addition, the Navy conducted two tests in May 1962. Questions exist about the level of radiation exposure crewmen were subjected to during these tests.  

One kid got the sword, one kid got the scabbard- and then the sword fight began!