Pvt. Jennings of Columbia, Mississippi, poses near a Japanese sniper he shot as US Marines stormed a Japanese stronghold on Tarawa atoll on November 21, 1943.  

Maybe a Lunch-Box-Special? Might explain the lack of external acceptance cartocuhes.   A real little beauty that's for sure. My first M1 Carbine was a Rock Ola (with the deep drilled spring pocket, I cut stock etc). Mine came out of a surplused lot from Vietnam (Australia got the Sam Cummings lot when the GCA restrictions and non-Comm Bloc laws were in place in the US)

After seeing combat for the first time in March of 1945, Pvt. Raymond Roth of the 69th Infantry Division was photographed near Dahlem, Germany and asked about his first experience in combat. His response…“I was scared to death.”    

Thanks where can I find the books?

Interesting that they seem to be reproducing the packaging. Is that common with repro parts? Or is it just a coincidence?  mikie

Nice early magazines. Dont recall the lanyard loops having the  letter prefix on the toe, If yours have a "keyhole" on the back spine of the mag near the top you have a very rare/desirable early mag.

I have the Service Record document that indicates Thomas McNamara was released from Point Lookout prison to join the U. S. Volunteer Infantry.  I have his pension file, but it does not contain detailed information about his service.  I would also like to have unit activity reports for the period he was assigned.   A National Archives article contains details about the "Galvanized" Troops, including a statement that "the Fourth U.S. Volunteers was specifically recruited in the fall to garrison forts in the West."  The article lists among its sources several voluminous items, but I'm not sure how to hone in on one man and his unit.  I'm not averse to doing a deep-dive on microfilm, but I can't locate a detailed finding aid.   As always, any suggestions will be appreciated. These are the article sources:      

Thank you very much! Looks like he was a pilot in the USAAF.   Fred

Both spoons look like M205 series. The fuze bouchons look like M205 series as well, especially the one on the left. If you can see the det cap sealant color, that would help ID them. 

The fuze in the center is the mystery.  No stamps or lettering on it. Notice the side view how it follows the profile of the one on the right-hand side where the safety pin goes. I have had this fuze for many years, and it does not appear to be cut short as the green paint is intact where it would have been cut, so I believe it to be made as a short safety spoon. Any ideas as to what it goes too????????????  TIA SSG MacW