And strictly from a practical or, even, technical point of view, sewing one's ribbons on an article of working uniform that would be going through the dry-cleaning process was a really bad idea.  In my view, in this particular case, a pretty sloppy job.  So, after exhausting the personnel possibilities and the lack of other appropriate or expected ribbons, this is definitely a put-together for sale item.

Quartermaster Supply Catalog   QM 3-1     May 1946  Expendable                                                                                       Image:  2026 / Ormsby    

Just in case anyone finds a pile of Jeep trailers.

Hi all! I recently bought a few white mess dress uniforms. One of the uniforms is this one of a US Army Captain. The jacket, vest and pants were custom tailored for a George L. Kelley, by a Japanese and Hong Kong based shop. I have no information on a Captain George L. Kelley, if someone finds any info I'd be very thankful. Enjoy!

Hello What are your thoughts on this frock coat with cape? No markings inside It shows wear Military school or militia?   Thank you Tony

. Two Jeeps arrived today . . . . . .   my local friend drove over to La Rochelle to pick up two Jeeps that had been shipped in from California, unfortunately they are not as un-molested as he was hoping for, various parts have been exchanged or missing, however there are still good parts to be seen.  One is a low number Willys Slat-Grille and the other a GPW.  He had to be a little inventive to get both Jeeps on to one trailer, wooden pallets were strapped over the A frame of the trailer to sit the Slat Grille on and then the GPW was sat in the rear wheel arches of the Slat-Grille, it was quite common in WWII to see the US Army moving Jeeps around in a similar way to this.  The Willys was an original wartime yellow and black ' FOLLOW-ME ' airfield Jeep, and he hopes to be able to recover most of this with a removal product he uses often with great success recovering original OD paint after removing later top coat paint-overs.  There are two original ' F ' marked Ford spare wheel brackets.  The Ford still has all its underbody PAL nuts in place, probably showing that the body has never been removed from the frame, these are often not replaced if the body and frame are separated.                       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 30  June  2O26.   ..        

Not so bad as long as the manufacturer of the parachutes had better quality control. 

The forum is playing up a little for me, not sure why some of the images failed. 

Well they arrived, only just had a chance to work my way through the pile of parcels.      

Pic of USCG guys on Iwo Jima, while most don't have helmet covers, slits can be clearly seen on the helmet of the guy in the N1 cleaning his '03.    The guy at the the forefront of the pic with the very stretched cover seems to have no slits in his.