There was an Associated Press photographer present the day of the mission.  Here is a photo of Saugestad at his position.  The other photo is of most of the crew.  I believe Saugestad is the man in the foreground looking left.

Here is a short snorter created the day after the above-referenced B-24 made an emergency landing at Petropavlovsk.  The note belonged to Arnold Saugestad, the left waist gunner on Waid’s plane.  The entire crew signed on the front.  Waid’s signature is just above Washington’s portrait.

Nice knife!  I like the looks of it and it appears someone did a good job making it.  

Based on what I have found, it appears he was only assigned to Co K during his time with the 128th IR. Not sure how much of this you have already seen, so I'll include it all here.   Source is NARA; mostly from this link: https://catalog.archives.gov/search?page=1&q=34872962   He reported to the 128th IR on 3 Jul 44:   On the same day, he was attached to Co K for rations and duty (he was one of the 32 Enlisted Men mentioned at bottom of MR).   On 8 Jul 44, he was assigned to and joined Co K.   His CIB orders/awarded while with Co K:   Orders for his change in status from Pfc to Sgt (Temporary).   Report indicating his body was recovered and his status changed from MIA:   Orders revoking his temporary change in status to Sgt from Pfc (seems kind of rotten of them to not have just posthumously promoted him to Sgt!). cs = change in status   I hope this helps. Dan  

Awesome post!  I really enjoyed reading and looking at the photos.  Thank you for sharing this.  — Matt

I'm also working towards a desert storm impression since some of this stuff would work for that as well. 

I have not decided on what to depict yet though I'm leaning towards early 1980s. Is there anything obvious that I should add or change on the lbe? I also have a og-107 m65 and woodland poncho liner though it is a 1991 contract. Could I use this pile cap or should I get a woodland one?

This is a work in progress and is a slow one since I've mainly been getting things as I find them cheap. Top picture is most of what I have currently, second picture is extras.unfortunately the mask does not have everything with it and the carrier is damaged.  

I’m getting old and falling apart at the seams. I managed to hurt myself making the bed this weekend. Fear not, no broken bones or blood loss. Just aggravated my  sciatica problems.  It’s a brand new IKEA bed for my Dear Daughter and hubby’s new apartment. I got the job of assembling it. I did most of it on my own. Me not being one of you folks who can strip and assemble a jeep blindfolded while standing on their head, I was quite proud of it when done. Until the backache started.  Gunji boy did a good job supervising me. Other than walking funny and groaning like a wounded bear when I sit down and get up, I’m feeling much better now 😁.