I bet you would've been tempted.  I'm tempted to buy "stuff" all the time.  At least I have a modicum of restraint otherwise my wife would put me up for sale, lol

Thank you for your expertise ! 

30th Bombardment Squadron (H), 19th Bombardment Group (H)  

Thank you for this explanation Steve, this is something I always wondered. So dealing strictly in WW2 is a Coxswain a Boatswain when at the helm of a ship only? I know BM have many different jobs on a ship. Are the other Seaman branch sailors you mentioned considered Coxswain when "Driving" the ship?  Is a single stripe Boatswain a Coxswain?  Hopefully my question isn't confusing.

Thank you @KurtA and @Marinecore34 :)) I thought, that it looked strange, too, but I was just wondering if anyone had ever seen something like that before... But it seems, my gut feeling was right, that this is a funky fake :) thank you for the heads-up anyways :D   Jules 

Hi Ken I met with Kev this week at Lichfield Cathedral. The Longest Yarn exhibition was amazing! The Cathedral was very busy with lots of interest. The subjects were of course more Britain at war related compared to the Normandy scenarios you have, but represented a massive spectrum of subjects! My favourites were the Mulberry Harbour, and of course the VJ celebration 'kiss'! The skill and workmanship is incredible! Both Kev and I discussed your Jeep project, and are in awe of what you all have achieved! I purchased a framed Women's Land Army character for my daughter. Very reasonably priced, yet glad to support this wonderful cause! It was fun to catch up with a like minded friend and to share the experience together (and reminisce of all things Jeep, militaria, friends and history related!!). Cheers, Graham.

First of all, thank you for your service!   Concerning the desert and jungle uniforms being worn in basic training, I will have to look for photos... I have read from forum members, that they did get jungle jackets issued to them in basic. A Marine, who served from the late 1970s until the mid-1990s said, that he was issued ERDL jungle jackets in basic, too. Could you tell me, what CONUS means, though?   With the desert camouflage uniforms, I will have to check, but I think I saw it somewhere, but this might just have been a photo from a preparation course for a tour in Iraq... Not sure, but I will keep my eyes peeled. The only thing, I can definitely think of where I saw it, was in the movie "Cherry" from 2021. They did wear 3 color desert uniforms there, but this might just have been fiction in that case. I could have sworn, I have seen a real photo elsewhere, but I might be confusing it with something...   But you are definitely correct, that ACUs are more readily available and will be for quite some time, even though this was (and to a dwindling extent still is) the case with Woodland BDUs... And they are becoming more expensive nowadays, too. But I totally see your point with jungle jackets being associated with Vietnam, which in turn boosts the interest in them. Although, I think, that the post-Vietnam worn examples are interesting, too, as they tell their own story :))     Cheers, Jules 

@Gear Fanatic Would this even be accurate for a 1st sergeant to have his rank insignias displayed on his jacket when he was involved in combat? And that he wore a M1928 haversack and bayonet? I can't really find many pictures from the 28th so it's really hard to determine that.

Good question…better in-depth explanation 

She said she is going the route of museum/preservation quality.