Not aware of the universal use of White sewing thread then, it was usually OD, sometimes Khaki, and sometimes Thread that matched the insignia, like using Blue Thread for say a III Corps patch, Orange for the Signal Corps Center & School, Dark Green for EM Rank stripes etc etc.   However on original Vietnam Fatigue shirts and Tropical Coats one will see White thread a lot, here it is not so much White Thread but rather faded OD or Black Thread and such, these being local South Vietnamese made sewing thread that had poor dye, a poor dying process and faded a near White shade real fast from washing and the sun shine and when it rained etc,

. Repairing a Jeep today   On Sunday a local friends Jeep stopped working whilst we were taking part in the Carentan military vehicle parade on Sunday afternoon.  We tried a couple of quick fixes which made no difference so I took off the metal tow bar I carry for such emergencies and towed him into the town centre carpark where all the other vehicles had stopped for the public to walk amongst.  I lifted the hood of his Jeep and returned to my vehicle for my tool bag.  As I returned it was like bee's round a honey pot, several other French vehicle owners had all descended to offer their thoughts and help, so it happened to start again, and we headed for home once the majority of vehicles left also.  Half-way back to his house it completely stopped again, and I had to do a second tow a short distance to his house.     I went around with tools and a spare condenser this morning, he had a new set of points so under instruction he removed the old points and condenser, and fitted the new ones, leaving me to set the gap of the points, using my fingers to flick the points open I commented that the return felt very weak, upon taking a further look the sprung-metal that acts as the spring was completely missing, however I set the points with just the copper connection in place and it fires immediately without any hesitation and runs really well but maybe not trustworthy with the sprung-metal spring missing.    However he is ordering new points and condenser which we will fit when they arrive.  Condensers are very often the problem when the ignition system breaks-down.        Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 10  June  2O26.   ..

Honestly, I do. I don't like it when somebody insults someone else, and I want to hear an apology to them. And I was actually a little interested where RKurz was getting his information, and if he actually came to his senses eventually.    Wade

Are these ww2 or Korea? I can make out ammo lot EA-17-7a. One is an M23 and the other is an m23a1. Are these common to find? I recently came across some ordnance and I collect mostly helmets and guns. Thanks. 

Who cares 

I was thinking about this topic again, too. Thought, it was deleted as I couldn't find it. But an update and a promised apology to the insulted forum members (not me, but the ones called amateurs and wrong) are pending...

Belay the fixed bale comment, I think those are swivels! It's a front seam for sure though. I have another fixed bale helmet and I think I'm used to just saying that combo. 

Hello, Thank you for your response, but I am familiar with the general purpose of a generator. I would like to know which unit this E-1500 generator was assigned to and what its specific purpose was. Bertrand

. It's that darn Ai again   But this time it's created a photograph I didn't make at all at the time.   About 1972 I attempted to do some serious hill climbing in my Jeep to try and reach the peak of one of the UK's highest hills.  About a third of the way I slid on the loose shale and became stuck in some boggy ground, I tried for some time to get unstuck but in the end I realised I needed help.   I walked back down into the valley in the hope of finding a friendly tractor owner, or four wheel drive owner, instead I passed a camp of Boy Scouts and taking a chance I proposed to the scout leader giving the boys some exercise and something to do, along with a monetary donation to the scout association.   Long story short we all climbed the track until we reached tha Jeep and with a lot of tugging and pushing freed the Jeep, at which I took the better part of valour and decided to admit defeat and descended the way I have come. It was never attempted again.   Now in 2026 sat having coffee this morning with a friend he offered to attempt an Ai image of anything I wanted, I thought of the day back in 1972 of the Jeep ascending this hill, a hill I have climbed several times in my life, the first when at a mountain climbing school in my final year at school and the last time about five years ago.  The Jeep is not mine but an Ai representation image, and the mountain path is a true depiction of that route, at the time I was wearing normal civilian clothes and not a uniform as shown.    Although a true story and event, it does feel a fraud resorting to an Ai image for something I never photographed.      Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 10 June  2O26.   ..

Leroy Diamond was a NC winner at Alligator Creek; wrong Guadalcanal Diamond.   Kurt