. hi mikie,   darn you spotted it, however what would they be used for, they predate computer hardware . . . . . . . .   Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 20 March  2O26.   …  

Thanks, jmd62. This badge is from prior to 2004, when the “General Accounting Office” changed its name to the “Government Accountability Office”.

"In 1958, Norris enlisted in the Air Force and was given the military occupational specialty of air police, which today is called Air Force security forces. His goal was to have a career in law enforcement.   After a year at an Air Force base in Arizona, Norris deployed to Osan Air Base, South Korea. It was there that he started training in judo on base.   One day while outside the base in the city of Osan, he discovered a dojo studio where Tang Soo So, a Korean martial art similar in some respects to karate, was taught. He took an intense interest in it and worked hard to master it.   March Air Force Base, California, was his last assignment. It was there that he resumed judo training before being honorably discharged in August 1962.   After Air Force service, he continued practicing Tang Soo Do, as well as taekwondo, and eventually became the first Westerner to be awarded an eighth-degree black belt in taekwondo."   And the rest is history.   RIP,  Chuck,  you were the greatest and your legacy will endure as long as the nation  you loved.     https://www.war.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/3705404/actor-chuck-norris-was-in-the-air-force-during-the-cold-war/

Nice one Cobra 6! Nice details. 

Here’s a set I got recently. The detail of the wing is pretty crisp , the Ludlow London mark is a little hazy. Appreciate any opinions.

Hello, my name is Bret. My grandfather was a Navy photographer. He had a pretty extensive collection of photographs that hadn't seen the light of day for 80 years. Going to considerable efforts to restore them and additionally try to decipher context from some of the more interesting ones. What I know is he was apparently , even at 19 years old , one of Admiral BJ Rodger’s ( of the seventh fleet) preferred photographers and covered some pretty extraordinary events. He was one of the first Americans to enter Hiroshima and to record the repatriation process of all the Chinese Korean and Japanese soldiers from ports in Shanghai. Additionally, there was a massacre aboard in LST in 1946 it was briefly mentioned in a post here. The nephew of one of the victims and also the hero posted here about it, and I would love to get these photos to them, but I can’t find the post now. I have what would seem to be the only photographic evidence of the funeral and two of the nine dead that have been kind of hidden except for the hero Schmidt and the other naval seaman George Simpson, who died later of his wounds. I’ve been able to extract two more names from the gravesite, and I can find nothing about them online. I would like to get these pictures to family members of the remaining seven or all nine but I doubt mostly even know what happened to their loved one. The photographs were taken from across the way for some reason so being able to extract any names from the prepared graves  was very difficult and I was only able to get two. But it appears that they reinterred  a pilot who died in March 2045 with this group so that it would look like anything other than a collection of young man killed by a fellow seaman. Sorry if This sounds crazy.

In December of 1935, TWA's first class of 22 hostesses graduated from the airline's training school in Kansas City, Missouri. The requirements for these female hostesses were extremely specific. For example, a woman had to be young (between 21 and 26 years old), small (between 5 feet and 5 feet 4 inches tall) and weigh no more than 118 pounds, single, and white. Original hostesses were also required to be registered nurses to help bolster public confidence in air travel. Pictured is the Hostess Corps in their summer whites passing inspection in front of the Boeing Stratoliner in 1940.

It’s pretty obvious. It’s right there on the label. They are hardware.  mikie

I have the 1 May 1942 Nav-37 report for USS Yorktown which lists all officers and warrants and their assignments, right down to cabin and phone numbers. Virgil Redman does not appear on same so we know he was still a ChPhM (Chief Pharmacist Mate – a CPO) then. Interestingly, he does not, however, appear on a list of enlisted survivors I have as of 10 Jun 1942. We also do not see him in the 1942 USN register, so he was still a ChPhM as of 30 June 1942. We see him in the July 1943 USN register as CPhm (Chief Pharmacist – a commissioned warrant rank) with a date of rank of 1 April 1943. His permanent status is noted as enlisted. We can see that his date of entry is also noted as 1 April 1943 which means he went directly to commissioned warrant status, skipping the non-commissioned warrant rank. Probably had a lot to do with his obvious length of service. In the 1944 USN register he still shows up as a CPhm. Then, in the 1945 USN register he is listed as a LTJG (HC) with a date or rank of 15 October 1944. He does not show up in the 1947 USN Register.   All of this has interesting ramifications. It looks as though he, with 30 plus years of service, probably retired. Not a few of these mustangs reverted to enlisted status after the war (again, something they had to request), but I cannot find where he did so. What it does mean is that under the law, whether he reverted or not, he could, if he so desired, retire at the highest rank held. With his length of service he could retire as a LTJG with the retired pay and emoluments of same, 75% pay, as opposed to that of a CPO . . . could have made a difference financially.

The patch appears to be a post-war reproduction, likely sold through Boots Quarterly. While collectible, it’s not an original wartime piece.