I’m moving my collection into a new bigger room and I want to put my headgear on a shelf. The problem is I can’t find a shelf big enough. I was hoping to display them by making my own display using styrofoam heads and a wood base 

I need ideas for a cheap substitute for full mannequins (uniform, pants, and cap ).

As I understand the the shell was based on an ealier 37mm shell of German origin then adapted by the French and then British and US 

There is a hole in that ribbon . So he would be missing a star ? 

Hello! This is my first post. I am a collector of radioactive antiques! I mostly collect non-military items, but there are a few military items I chase after! This is a 1940s/1950s Navy Radium Rope. It was used for marking cargo, outlining landing craft, and used as guidelines for the movement of personnel. Each unit unwinds 5 feet long. Each segment of rope contained 30uCi of Ra226 (or 1.11MBq of activity.) 30uCi is pretty hot! The average wristwatch or clock painted with radium is only around 0.1-1uCi. This is one of those military items that were all supposed to be disposed of after the war, so it's pretty crazy being able to find one intact. I purchased it off a uranium glass collector who found it in a thrift shop. Sadly, the rubber has degraded pretty badly and it is now a dark black colour. No glow is observable on a long exposure photo nor under UV. Still just as radioactive as the day it was made, though! I have gone over the rope multiple times and have not found any radium contamination.  

I maybe able to get address 

Outside of Philadelphia. Did not think to get the name of the people ? 

Maybe not even to those Guys?   Look at the names- Ruth, Gehrig, Greenberg, DiMaggio. Gamer Bats of these guys in the 30K-400K range.    

Bring thisn up as i missed before, the Gator Navy refers to all of the Amphibious forces, not just LST's in TF117  At least in the 80's it did.

Amazing, that would be the jewel in any WWII G.I collection. I came across that same LIFE magazine which brought me here.