LIFE Magazine Photographers George Silk (R) and Carl Mydans outside of Rome, Italy - June 4, 1944 Between the both of them they would take over 6,000 pictures during the Italian Campaign of WW2. Carl Mydans (20 May 1907 – 16 August 2004) worked for LIFE Magazine from 1936 -1972. In 1942 Mydans and his wife Shelley were captured by the Japanese in the Philippines before being released as part of an exchange of civilian and diplomatic personnel in December 1943. George Silk (17 November 1916 – 23 October 2004) was a New Zealand-born Photographer. He started as a combat cameraman for the Australian government in 1939, and was captured by German forces in Tobruk, but escaped 10 days later. He worked for LIFE Magazine from 1943 to 1972 and was wounded in 1945 by a grenade dropped by a German Prisoner during the Rhine crossing. LIFE Magazine Archives WWP-PD      

Picture taken on USS LST-317 while enroute to Omaha Beach on Normandy for DDay - June 4/5, 1944 David Scherman Photographer LIFE Magazine Archives / WWP-PD  

Picture taken on USS LST-317 while enroute to Omaha Beach on Normandy for DDay - June 4/5, 1944 David Scherman Photographer LIFE Magazine Archives / WWP-PD  

Young US Artillerymen catching a ride on HM LST-406 check out their newly issued M1 Carbines while underway to Gold Beach in Normandy - 7 June 1944 Laing (Sgt) Photographer IWM B 5165 WWP-PD      

Look like Beach Battalion markings    US Soldiers on Utah Beach watch for the Luftwaffe on the evening of June 7, 1944, the day after DDay Luftwaffe attacks on the Allied beachheads during and after DDay were for the most part ineffective and sporadic. Bob Landry Photographer LIFE Magazine Archives / WWP-PD    

Is this another example of a genuine lighter being completely destroyed with a fake engraving?

https://youtu.be/2dAsuz5g7As I'm a little Leary of YouTube videos.  AI is killing it with stuff that ain’t worth watching.  This one isn’t bad. It’s been a long time since I read about Balls Bluff. Other than creating the Committee On the Conduct of the War, it was pretty meaningless, other than wrecking General Stone’s career.🙁   hoping to get a discussion going , but I’m thinking this site is dedicated to collecting, which I don’t have any interest in. PTRN

Looking great Lars and now the real fun begins! 😁   Joe

A question comes to mind, did Bomber  P1/P2/P3 (or officers) get a choice of A-2 or B-3 jackets or get both?  Second question  did the fighter pilots just get the A-2?

Thank you so much for the information. This is very helpful.  I have the RA #19470805 but could successfully search by that number. Are you able to search service numbers? Thanks again. Joe