Very nice! I collect booklets and this has always been on my list. 

USAAF and USN/marine aviation is pretty seldomly seen. Not that it’s obscure, just harder to find items and events that cater to it. Both have very drippy uniforms and impressions I might add. Another one I would say is foreign volunteers under the US in both theaters, like the Brazilians, and French that fought in the ETO and MTO. Both have neat kids and the French gear combos are awesome. Just 2 of the many underrepresented impressions imo.

doughboy   I agree that it is US made, but I don't think my grandfather knew how to do something like adding branch colors. Although, every GI had to know how to sew to fix holes in their clothing.

Hey all.    Been lookin' for some Vietnam reenacting groups near or in Minnesota.    Thanks!   Wade

Thank you very much for posting this!

That is a wealth of information!! Thank you so much!!    I bought the helmet at an antique store in Virginia Beach. The antique store was very close to his neighborhood. Great work!!   Chris

That’s a great looking helmet. I don’t recall seeing a liner like that before. Or the fiber shell, for that matter. Thanks for posting it! mikie

One more just came to mind-- Catch 22-1970.  Now, I really didn't care for the movie itself, but the B-25's were magnificent! The largest assembly of flying B-25's since WW2!     Steve

The US Army fielded the SCR-195, an AM-voice, battery powered, backpack carried tactical radio set starting in 1936.  It was fielded on the basis of about 32 sets per infantry regiment (along with its companion set, the SCR-194, fielded at about the same basis of issue to the field artillery regiments of the same time).  This set was used in some infantry units during Operation Torch and in the Pacific (by US Army infantry divisions) carrying on as late as 1943.  It was a 16 lb. set with a 5-mile range and more than 30 channels with built-in crystal calibrated frequency alignment circuitry.  The SCR-195 / -194 radio sets were the original "Walkie Talkies," again, fielded starting in 1936. To be sure, the later SC-300 "walkie talkie" was twice as heavy, at about 37 lbs., however, it was an FM voice set with more than 40 channels and twice the battery life of the SCR-195.  It also featured internal, crystal calibrated frequency alignment circuitry.  It also featured a "squelch" control, a first for any tactical voice radio set. The handheld, "Handy Talkie," the SCR-536, was first fielded in 1941 (and the first production sets were issued to FDR's Secret Service protection detail).  It weighed about 6 lbs. and had about a 1-mile range.  It was issued on a basis of 2 or 3 (or more) to almost EVERY US Army infantry platoon (with additional sets issued and used at the infantry company and battalion levels). So, like carrying a payphone on your back?  Depends on your personal perspective, I suppose.  Consider the PRC-25 of Vietnam war fame weighed about 25 lb.s.  Its improved version, the PRC-77 (actually fielded before the end of the Vietnam war), was in common use in the US Army through the 1980s.

Perhaps a chain attached to a pocket watch?  Of course in 14kt gold as well maybe.