This is a very nice display with some great research done to honor the veteran. It should be noted that the jacket is what we call an ETO Jacket as it was made by the British as a reverse lend-lease item of clothing. It is quite interesting that while the British were making ETO jackets for Americans in theater, US textile mills were churning out British Battle Dress jackets and trousers for shipment to our allies in the ETO.   Allan

Found this at the flea market on Sunday.  Has different colored lettering from what is typical.  

The third line of text  looks to say "inspected John E. Wright" Just like this similar vest carrier listed on Ebay

Very informative thread.  Thanks to all.

Scour is the right word.   Im actually planning out my route for the next 3 days.   Im feeling lucky.

Thought I'd share a couple of happy snaps of our group's (Military Timeline Impressions - MTI) participation at the 2026 "Wings and Wheels Festival," Fairfield County Airport, SC last weekend.  A rather smallish turnout for us with only 5 members setting up displays.  Still, a great day with good crowds and weather! My compadre in the white tee got caught, like all of us, by the early rush when the gates opened and was slow in getting into his mufti after setting up - He was portraying a USN signalman and finally got a chance to finish dressing out!  The "Grasshopper" is owned and flown by one of our members who is home-based at the same airport. Anyway, my thanks to everyone here on USMF who've assisted me over the years in my own collecting.  My display of US Army WWII Infantry Battalion radios and other coms gear has been greatly advanced by your help!

If I remember correctly, Boyington didn’t go by “Pappy” until he was flying with VMF-214.   The men of the AVG called him Gramps.   Kurt

I enjoy seeing the great items that you've been posting as you scour around to weekly sales

My favorite uniform(s) would be the grouping I acquired from @beezman, which contained one jungle top and a second pattern utility shirt, that belonged to Col. William McKenna III, who served in Vietnam as a Deputy Staff Judge Advocate on Da Nang Air Base in 1970/71.   Another treasured item is this ERDL Ranger jungle jacket, which belonged to SSgt Howard Dobbs. @triplecanopy was so kind as to send me a picture of Hobbs, when parting from Vietnam (he is the man second from left).   These are my rarest and at the same time most favorite uniforms :)) Another jacket, that could serve as an honorable mention is a second pattern jungle jacket, that is heavily used, but they are kind of hard to get in Germany, so it is, too, an important part of my collection ☺️ The ghosting seems to be one of a Special Forces patch and it used to have collar insignia (all of the patches have been removed).   Kind regards, Jules

I am getting those clips and casings for free, so I would rather use those.