One time on here i saw someone collected military trash cans. I thought that was a bit odd but to each his own.   However, I just saw on the forum on Facebook that someone was buying a casket used to bring a body home.  Some people replied to say they had seen some in a museum. While odd, i can understand a museum having one but an individual?  I just thought that was very odd and quite a bit creepy.   What is the strangest item you have seen anyone collect? ...Kat

I have the menu from my grandpas collection.  

My Grand Father transited the pacific ocean on the USS yolo. in the captains report he makes comment about embarking 336 men from standard craft landing unit 36.  

My Grand Father was part of Boat pool Baker, does anyone have any more info? He built a washing machine when he was there and he called it the flying Dutchmen, ill look for some of his pictures and post them.

My Grand Father was part of Boat pool Baker, does anyone have any more info? He built a washing machine when he was there and he called it the flying Dutchmen, ill look for some of his pictures and post them.

Nice jacket though I would disagree with you on size 34 being a rare size, in my dealings it’s actually the most common size as they’re weee few sailors that size, the larger sizes are rare not the smaller sizes.  Is this a for sale ad? 

Here is a link to the Ancestry Database (Vietnam War, Awards and Decorations of Honor, 1965-1972):  https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8847/?count=50   It contains records for the following Service/Country: RVN Army - 10,831 RVN Navy - 46 RVN Marine Corps - 73 Thailand Army - 2,702 USAF - 3,726 US Army - 59,223 USMC - 1,331 USN - 2,167 Republic of Korea, Army - 401 ROK Marine Corps - 12 Philippine Army - 37

Mostly wondering about the FJ kit, a lot of rare and expensive pieces there.

Here is an award that was in a grouping from a vet I knew. Looks like it's in lucite or some sort of epoxy. on the back it says Blackinton. He was a WW2 vet that stayed in the reserve after the war. Mark

Thanks for resurrecting this. Might be, I think there were several iterations. As I am aware, the Marines used the one’s with some shearling as discussed in the thread. I have seen different modifications on jackets used possibly by other personnel (Navy) or civilian, like lack of leather trim around pockets, or a different design on that trim. I think original photographs of these jackets in wear are still the best reference for collectors (especially Marine collectors).