Thanks for the update.

I looked at the jacket a bit closer and I can clearly see, that there was a Special Forces SSI sewn on at some point prior to the on, that is on the jacket now...

That'll buff out.... Photos taken at the Camp Texas Vehicle Camp near Crassville, Normandy    

While the churchyard of Sainte Marie du Mont just off Utah Beach is always packed with vehicles and people during commemoration week, I still manged to take this photo of my Jeep in front of the church.... Photo was taken on Friday 5th June 2026 Second photo shows my 1942 Huffman US Army bicycle in the same location in June 2024 That photo was taken by Kenneth Nishiyori with a 1940s Speedgraphic camera    

Very nice! I think I paid about 3500 USD when I bought my TSMG back around 1999. Living in the US though, I get to shoot it (and my other Go-Fasters) when I want. Here's mine, with a few other Go-Fasters of mine. (Edited to add that an M16A2 is absent from the photo.)  

Visited a couple of militaria fairs and didn't really buy much but this brass model of the B17 bomber caught my eye and I couldn't resist buying it... Wingspan is about 12 inches and that thing is heavy!!! Maybe not WW2 but definitely old and it displays well in the Air Corps corner of the War room...    

Here's the drawing of the body bolts on the early MBs and GPWs, taken from Batisti's book This is what I fitted on my 42 GPW with the exception that the GPW takes two spring loaded bolts on the transfer case crossmember. Also below a photo of the bolts I used, a set made with bolts from Jemax, Batisti and Augum Parts, the latter is no longer in business    

Took this photo below WN62 on Omaha Beach...   So Grandpaw, what did you do in the great WW2? ;-)      

nice colletion of utility caps, I think last one belonged to MSgt James M. Dietrich, who served 1955-1977. 

Returned home safely after 10 days in Normandy last week... I took around 750 photos so too many to post all, but here's another Then & Now...   Pictures were taken at the intersection of the D514 coastal road from Omaha Beach towards Grandcamp/Maisy and the smaller road leading to Pointe du Hoc, where C,E and F Companies of the 2nd ranger Battalion scaled the cliffs to capture and destroy the German gun battery on D-Day. The first photo was taken in June 1989 and the second one last week in June 2026, so 37 years between both photos. Back in 1989 it was just a small T-junction with a gravel/dirt road leading towards the gun site where you had to park in the grass. Over the years a roundabout was installed at the junction to make traffic more fluent; the road towards the site was resurfaced, parking lots were installed and paths were fenced off near the bunkers.... The location of the intersection itself has remained pretty unchanged, but I too was amazed to how much more greener the entire area has become. The house in the background still stands... 1989-2026: same Jeep, same driver, same location