8th Field Artillery & CAC Gunners Hawaiian Department Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1923       55th CAC Hawaiian Department, 1923  

I think #2 is Joint Readiness Training Command

I did a quick Google search and you've cracked it M1Garandy. Thank you.

#7 -711th Ordance Battalion 

21st Infantry Regiment Hawaiian 'Taro' Division      

Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade   No-So HSCAB

Hawaiian Air Force 5th Composite Group (Luke Field aka Ford Island)     Pilot   Flight Surgeon   Pilot

Greek M1 Garand rifle sling.

You are correct, never knew that, thought they were always in the ROK, like I just now checked my Richard Smith Army patches book. the volume for Post WWII patches, he makes no mention of the transfer from the ROK to the ROCK,

I worked on the jeep again today, like the last few weeks a lot of small chores so not much visible progress to report although those small things all add up.   I have decided to strip and primer the floor inside of the body while it's still on the trolley, rather than put it it back on the frame first. This way it's easier to make repairs or do some welding if needed.   One thing I did finish was the Black Out Driving Light (BODL) and bracket. As usual with this jeep this is a bit of an oddball. While most jeeps left the factory with the BODL on the left fender, most early-WW2 military vehicles (including early MB and GPW jeeps) didn't have these. To rectify this situation a kit was issued with a light, bracket, wiring, switch and mounting hardware so the BODL could be retro-fitted to these vehicles, which were specified in a list.         However, for some reason the bracket included in this kit was of a slightly different design than the bracket already in standard use. Rather than the standard 'Horse Shoe'-type (where the sides narrow towards the bottom, making it look like a horse shoe when seen from the front) the sides of the bracket in the retro-kit are straight as can be seen in the pic; for this reason this model was known as the 'Tombstone'. The only vehicle I know of that standard used this model bracket was the Ford GTB truck. These Tombstone brackets are quite rare and difficult to find; luckily I was given one by a friend long ago and when I was looking where to place it I noticed 3 holes, welded-up long ago that were a perfect match. This was proof my jeep did get the retro kit added in the field.   I painted the light and bracket in a slightly different shade of OD than the MAT 1 paint I use for the rest of the jeep, as it would have been a (very) slight mis-match originally since the bracket was not on the jeep when the latter was spray-painted at the factory. One of my personal pet-peeves is vehicles that are 100% in the same shade, including jerrycans and tools as I believe this is incorrect and detracts from the overall result.   I'm still trying to get some more information about the retro-fitted BODL kit though; mainly what make(s) of light was included and some details about the mounting hardware.   For comparison, below is the standard 'Horse Shoe'-type bracket: