This almost made me fall from my chair... and not because of the orientation of the bumperette 🤭    

Great kit. Thanks for posting!

Awesome Kurt.  Thank you.  I had no idea.     I have the medal that goes with this citation as well as photos, uniform, etc. I appreciate the information.

All, Last September, I purchased what I thought was a VN era "leg holster" survival kit from eBay, and after I got it home, when I opened it up, I thought I had somehow ended up with a pre-production or prototype kit, since it did not have all the usual stamping on the frying pan like the production models, and more SEEK-1 common components we all see in Brueninger's book and other places.   I put the kit on the shelf until recently and didn't think much of it until I was able to get another leg holster kit recently from eBay for a very reasonable price, so I reached out to our forum expert Bob Wilhide about the possibility of finding a spare nylon holster for recently acquired kit, and I mentioned the "prototype" kit, and Bob set me straight... It was not a prototype kit, but instead a rare kit developed for the CIA's A-12 "Oxcart" spy plane, which was the predecessor to the SR-71.  Attached, please find the photos of this rare kit, and copies of the documents that Bob has so graciously shared with me (and the rest of you).   According to Bob (and the declassified CIA documents), the kit did not come with any sort of nylon carrier, and was designed to fit into a pocket on the pressure suit.      Thanks Bob for your insight and help in identifying this rarely seen kit.     CIA-RDP75B00285R000400110013-2.pdf CIA Oxcart Kit.pdf

He signed a lot of these during the war for all different awards up to the Navy Cross. I have at least 10 in my collection. He actually did sign them, They are not autopens.    Kurt

Some real cool liners 

. Hi graham,   Nice tankers jacket, thanks for the details on the markings being USMC    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 08 May  2O26.   ..

Amazing set! Thanks for sharing. 

WOW!!! aznation. All I found is that  he was a retired school teacher. Your fantastic research ability shows he was not an idle fella, quite impressive actually. I can't thank you enough! What a pleasure to read. Thanks again

This is part of a large group I recently acquired.  I've never seen one of these.  Was it common for him to sign citations?