Looks like a fine original. Congratulations on your recent addition. !

The Israelis have started to attack the Iranian militias checkpoints with drones.   There are unsubstantiated claims that Iranian soldiers and militia members have defected.   Hopefully they brought an arsenal with them because the people are completely unarmed.   Keep an ear and eye open for what’s happening in country because the whole success of this campaign centers on the Iranian people and their ability to wrestle away their country from a highly motivated well armed authoritarian regime that believes the destruction of their enemies is Gods will.   The regime has warned the people that they will be shot if they gather so it’s going to be very interesting how they change that reality.        

I was told navy type 3 ?

The war is still going. Its not over until the enemy is finished. We are having a discussion in the military history section, about a chapter in the book of military history that has not finished being written. Its not over yet... Captain Obvious I know....   Cheers!

Just finished this one, 22nd Ordnance Company.    

There was a Lieutenant Colonel Craven assigned to DC in 1940, unfortunately for this uniform he was a dentist. That's all I can find. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035099707&seq=1412&q1=craven

I have a mess kit spoon (on the left) that we keep in our kitchen drawer, plus a “tactically acquired” spoon I “borrowed” from a mess hall in Vietnam and converted into a spork. I always take it with me on travel. The plastic spoon on the right is just one you get with a takeout meal:  

Very interesting and a great piece of history! Thanks for sharing it and providing the background 👍

Thanks, jmd62. Here’s a WWII era YWCA armband:     The YWCA was one of the core members of the USO and also worked extensively with Japanese-American girls in the relocation camps.

Sorry about the sideways picture. Still not sure how I go about getting it to be straight.