Hi Conn,               Thanks for the welcome. As you say the forum has a host of of expertise, examples and helpful members and I will be sure to refer to them in future. My Regards, Norm.

Hello from Michigan!   I found this ship wheel in a neighbor’s garbage 😢 Looking to get more information about it. I googled the engraved letters and it said wheel could be from a naval ship during ww2?

I think we're on the right track. Salvage Sailor had a really good detailed article about these (US Army WW2 MUKLUK Boots) from January 2009. 

All the Beckwith scabbards were eventually subjected to a vigorous painting campaign.  If it needed it, it was painted.  If it did not need painting, but was in a batch that was being painted....it was painted.  It was done at any and every level.  If they had paint, it was painted.  Marv 

On February 23, 1945 the 801st Engineer Aviation Battalion boarded the William M. Evarts at Angra Harbor, Terceira, Azores. They departed two days later bound for Newport News, arriving there March 10th. The troops liked the Evarts, noting that it was much cleaner than another Liberty ship that had brought them to The Azores a year earlier.   https://www.skydozer.com/index.html

Zach,   Welcome to the forum.    Thank you for what you do in educating our younger generation as well as capturing the stories of our greatest generation.   Best regards   Leigh 

if i rember correct its navy fire control.........a firer fighter for the navy on ships

Here's one more question: How did each branch of the US military feel about helmet graffiti, and in which branches was helmet graffiti most prevalent? Of course, lenience towards helmet graffiti differed from unit to unit, but was there one branch that was stricter (or more lenient) towards the practice of graffitiing helmets?

123rd Army Reserve Command with AIRBORNE tab

Quite the haul!  Congrats!