It's a joke, or satire, really.  Here's a section from a similar document during Vietnam

Nice find - I bought its near twin at a 'buckskinner' show for $25 fairly recently.     The leather looks fine, as does the knife - I would do zero treatment or polishing.  It's done fine for 60+ years.   I make and buy / sell a lot of knives, and would much rather find a clean un-messed-with one like this than something that somebody has tinkered with.    

Those are standard BDU's and the shirt is a normal long sleeve DBU top. The Army regs for rolling up the sleeves required you to roll 2 or 3 inches of the cuff over the rolled up section of sleeve for a neater appearance as opposed to the USMC that just rolled theirs up.

The other oval has the West German colors.

. Hi early mb,   This is where I find all this to be down the rabbit hole as you say.     So, the 12-patent bowl really is post-war, but it will function just fine and will bolt on any MB/GPW/CJ2A/M38 block. While other than details the 539S and 698S appear the same, there are undoubtedly a few differences that made the 698S more suitable for civilian use.   You say that the 12 patent carb is post war, but the final twelfth number predates WWII, we were pulling those off wartime jeep wrecks from farmyards, in the 1970's not Jeeps that had continued to be used or reconditioned.    The problem is with all of this is that there is no first party experience, anyone alive working at the factories during WWII are gone, since then it is all supposition, just as my statement that we pulled twelve patent number carbs off wartime Jeeps wrecks then this could be considered supposition.    Anyway I will be rebuilding this eight number carb with the flange on the rear that appears in all the wartime manuals, and it will please fellow enthusiast when they see it's an eight number carb,  but how many will also look on the rear for the flange  as well !!!!!!  🤣     Which reminds me I need to get the 2 studs to mount the carburettor to the inlet manifold, but these seem a bit hard to find... as usual 🤭   What's happened to the two studs that would have been on your manifold when you stripped the Jeep down for rebuild.   !!!!  🤫 Don't tell me the stud-fairy stole them . . . . . .    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 23 May  2O26.   ..        

Picked this up today at a local show. Pre-clean up photos in the car. Evaluation and knowledge appreciated; I believe this to be the first production variant of the Western W-49 ca. 1964-66? These saw quite a bit of private purchase carry in Vietnam. It has been field sharpened to include the top front edge. What I notice compared to my 1980s example is how much thinner and less chunky the grips are; it just seems more refined than the later ones. The leather is also thinner. I don’t plan on anything beyond some Pecard’s on the leather and maybe some chrome polish by hand on the blade to see if some of the sharpening scratches will come down a bit. Other than that, I’ll get the verdigris off the guard but leave the patina. I did a little swapping with some trade booty I had so I am into it for about 150. Thrilled to add it to my collection! Observations? 

Any updates on the stolen helmet?

Chaplain Spencer is in the video at the 16:10 mark.

The fact that it’s marked AEF makes me wonder if perhaps it was something which was actually crated up overseas?