Good lord, what a mess.  I don’t even know where to start….    Some of the patches look to just be laying on the tops.  And crookedy patch rotation, unevenly spaced from shoulder seams - I would have LOVED watching somebody show up to formation in one of those things…    

Thank you so much for sharing these; I really appreciate you taking the time to pull those records. I have come across several of them in my research but a couple of these are new to me and add helpful context to the diary entries.   I have been researching this collection fairly extensively over the past several weeks. It actually caught the attention of the Head of Special Collections and Archives at Clemson University Libraries, given Kemp's connection to the school; she described it as one of the most complete WWII collection their institution had encountered. We had a formal meeting to discuss potential placement of the collection.   Given the completeness of the grouping I am trying to get a better sense of where something like this sits in the current market — particularly for a named 8th Air Force KIA archive with a continuous diary. Any insight the community has on comparable groupings or recent sales would be genuinely helpful.   Again, thank you for the research contribution; this is exactly the kind of community engagement I was hoping for.

20th Air Force Jeep at Kadena AB, Okinawa.

> Dismounting an LCVP

That poncho liner is a super find!

Those are wwii winter boots. Probably not what you are looking for. 

This is just some the rest you can find with that link.   https://catalog.archives.gov/search?page=1&q=34649839

Thanks for the info!  I like to learn, one more thing to keep an eye out for. I’m

Definitely humpedup. Coast Guard might have worn a little tiger stripe in Vietnam (doubtful) but they have never worn it since.