Trench art buckle for USS Intrepid CV-11 machinist's mate Philip Cervantes, Vietnam 1966.   USS Intrepid (CV-11) was launched on April 26, 1943. The USS Intrepid, an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, had its keel laid down on December 1, 1941 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Virginia, just days before the attack on Pearl Harbor Wikipedia. She was launched on April 26, 1943, making her the fifth Essex-class carrier to be launched Wikipedia+2. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. John Howard Hoover and later commissioned on August 16, 1943, under the command of Captain Thomas L. Sprague Wikipedia+2. Early Service After commissioning, Intrepid underwent shakedown training in the Caribbean before returning briefly to Norfolk, Virginia. She then sailed to the U.S. West Coast and arrived at Pearl Harbor on January 10, 1944, to prepare for operations in the Pacific Theater United States Navy+1. Intrepid participated in major campaigns, including the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, and played a key role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf Wikipedia+1. Legacy Following her active service in World War II, Intrepid was modernized and recommissioned in the 1950s, serving in the Atlantic, Vietnam War, and as a recovery ship for Mercury and Gemini space missions Wikipedia. She was decommissioned in 1974 and became the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City in 1982 Wikipedia.

yes, original bars.

Shirt currently offered on FB DoND. 2nd Armored Division on chest. It's named, First ID patch on right shoulder, VN Silver Star awarded.    

Composite Ribbon Bar      Ribbon Mounts/Base Bars from Myer Inc. and the Aronoff Service Product Company of New York.  The ribbon slides were manufactured by Myers and Wolf Brown.  The clutches were made by Jandy.

. Work on the USAAF ' Follow Me ' Jeep   I called in to see what progress had been made on cleaning down the paintwork on the Yellow and Black Slat-Grille Follow Me Jeep,  he appeared to be having some good success at pressure washing off the grey top coat that had been sprayed all over the vehicle. Even cleaning off half the dash where the vehicle plates are fixed.  He is going to keep this one in his collection as an originally painted one is a great rarity,  there are plenty of modern painted copies around but he is a stickler for originality.            Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 01 July  2O26.   ..

. Hi Bluehawk,   Regarding Russian Jeeps.   Well strange how events unfold, today I had the pleasure of meeting the owners of fifteen Jeeps visiting from Prague.   The one gentleman now aged 67 owns various WWII vehicles, these being several Jeeps a Bren gun carrier and others.  He related to me that when he and a couple of friends were around 20 years of age they saw an old Jeep sitting in a small village outside Prague, they enquired at all the houses within the village and the story was it had been sat there abandoned by Russian troops since WWII, so they set about recovering it,  as it was not owned by anyone in the village.  It happened to be an early Model Willys MA,  today these are amongst the holy-grail of Jeep collectors as they are so rare.   This gentleman was obviously emotional as he spoke,   it had long been his dream to visit Normandy and it had been impossible whilst Prague was under Russian control.    This is a stock image of an MA, also shown a wartime Willys advert showing Russian troops using Willys Jeeps.        Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 01 July  2O26.   ..

Here is what I have found: NARA contains records for government contracts from FY66-FY75. Searching for this contract gives the following information:    Contractor: Canadian Commercial Corp (probably a parent of WCW) Location: Canada Award of $200,000 or more in support of South East Asia (made to be used in the Vietnam War) Contract Date: June 1969 Estimated Completion Date: June 1970     It seems that the posters suggesting these are Canadian-made are correct.   The FY1974 example posted in this thread is likewise listed as Canadian made. I don't think it would list Canada if it was produced by a subsidiary in the US. For example, Ingersoll also made canteen cups, but you won't find any entries for that under Ingersoll in NARA records as they're all listed under the parent company Borg-Werner. Despite this, the state/city point to where Ingersoll specifically was located. This was all pre-Berry Amendment, so military equipment could be procured from foreign sources as a matter of course

Got to thinking, are they for the Vandergrift jacket?

. Hi Kevin,  Manuals are not always a great help,   and I agree, the 1956 Willys M38 manual is an example of this,  as the Jeeps on the flat car are not M38's, possibly wartime Willy's MB's at best, however the first vehicle is definitely a Ford GPW and possibly so is the one to the rear of it.  !!!!   Ad-Infinitum. as they say in Rome  🤣       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 01 July  2O26.   ..    

US   Dominique