Thank you Steve.  My wife and I are Tinkerer's.  Only God could've arranged for me to meet and eventually marry the woman of my dreams.  She's amazing and one-of-a-kind.  I am so Blessed!  I've now lived in Oklahoma way longer than my home state of Arizona so I officially call myself an Okie.  Who'd have thought.  

I found this guy's last name, but I don't really understand the numbers in the trousers; none of them match the serial numbers for the soldiers. Please let me know if any of y'all smart folk can figure it out.    Surname: Kaluzne I know it looks a little funky. I tried Kalugne, but nothing popped up on https://www.wwii-enlistment.com/. However, Kaluzne worked with 4 results.

Whoa, that's great. Yes, they may have been officers he met on his tours that he probably thought it would help to have their names just in case he needed somebody with some pull in the military. Thank you so much! 😀

SOURCE:  Newspapers.com         Another newspaper articles dated June 1943 was about his promotion to 1st Lt with the 108th Coast Artillery at the Aircraft Artillery Training Center at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts.     Regarding Hale D Richie, there was a newspaper article out of Wichita, KS indicating that he was in the Army Air Corps Reserve and was trained as a Squadron Engineering Officer at Chanute, Illinois.  A later article in 1943 indicated he was with an Engineering Detachment of the Army Air Corps.   So, it kind of looks like at least three of these people listed in the address book were from a variety of military organizations seemingly unrelated to each other.  These people could've just been who the diary owner knew or were friends with.  At least this is a start.                          

A U.S. Navy Sikorski JRS-1 amphibian of Utility Squadron 4 (VJ-4) parked at a Naval Air Station, circa 1942-1943. The plane's forward fuselage is marked 4-J-10.  Date circa 1942.  Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-13394     "...Squadron insignia prior to VU-4 being stationed at NAS Oceana..."  from VPNavy website  

Since it’s rusted it’s hard to see but I can feel that it’s punched and not drilled when running my finger against it . I feel like if it was a replaced ega then it would be easy to remove it but it’s stuck on there. I believe it was polished more recently before they added a clear coat to the whole thing 

Hello everyone, I recently purchased a Pennsylvania Military Academy uniform. I don't know much about this uniform. Which branch of the military does it belong to? What are the ranks? Why is there a rope hanging on the right shoulder, and what does it represent? The white brim of the cap is detachable; what does that signify?

Hello everyone, I recently purchased a complete set of M1917 uniforms. I've only recently started collecting WWI US military uniforms, and I'm not very familiar with the meaning of the collar tabs and the badge on the right sleeve. Could someone please help me?

Same 'hands free' (i.e. switchblade) we would keep in the lifeboat/raft and abandon ship kits.  These were tightly controlled and sealed in bags with an inventory & inspection tag that was initialed every quarter when doing routine maintenance on the gear.   They often went missing due to 'sticky fingers' and then there was H*ll to pay at Captain's Mast if you lost one or got caught with one.

Bump for Patch ID   This is a Radar patch, detect and direct is a common phrase for Naval radars (yes, I was a radarman once upon a time in my youth)   I'd really like to know what this one is...