July 11, 201214 yr Author #51 Lowe's K-BAR the gold digger. Here are some of the better souvenirs he got doing grave detail. Notice the cloth hat has a picture of the original owner that Lowe found in the soldiers pocket. It looks like two brothers. I opted to show the unbattle damaged side. I beg the Admin team to not delete this.
July 11, 201214 yr Author #54 We are starting to wind down a bit. Here are Lowe's HBT Jacket and pants.
July 11, 201214 yr Author #55 A close up. Lets say a wounded Marine messed the jacket up when Lowe came to his aid.
July 11, 201214 yr #56 The canteen has a name on it, ends in "da" 田 Interesting to note is that he has his HBTs tucked in, something I don't think I've seen in Iwo pictures, I would have to check. Leonardo
July 11, 201214 yr Author #59 The canteen has a name on it, ends in "da" 田 Interesting to note is that he has his HBTs tucked in, something I don't think I've seen in Iwo pictures, I would have to check. Leonardo Yo da ??
July 11, 201214 yr Author #60 The bottom of his sea bag. This was full of his blues and greens but they opted to hold on to them and let the HBT's go. It was one or the other so I took the HBT's.
July 11, 201214 yr #65 Really amazing finds...that's one heck of a seabag. Please tell us you got pics of the blues and greens? Were they patched?
July 11, 201214 yr Author #66 The last picture. Lowe told me that his infantry LT was a jerk. He had not known him previously. There was a point that they came to a clearing. A small field. They got half way across it when a Japanese MG opened up on them. He saw the LT jump to the ground and try and hide behind a little rock. Even though their lives were threatened Lowe could help but laugh out loud. The site of a grown man ( that he didn't like ) trying to hide behind a rock the size of a soft ball was too much. Thats all Ladies and gents. I hope you like it as much as I do. Please post a comment. M
July 11, 201214 yr Author #67 Really amazing finds...that's one heck of a seabag. Please tell us you got pics of the blues and greens? Were they patched? No I did not get pics of his uniforms. All I had in those days was a 35mm and I could hardly use it. Never mind take it on a call. Glad you like the group. M
July 11, 201214 yr #69 Manny, This is a fun group to have a beer over with the old man himself! Touch each piece and get HIS story of his career and how all of it came together. I'm sure you have, and will spend more time with him to get the most out of all of this. Thanks for your patients putting this all together!! :thumbsup:
July 11, 201214 yr #71 That painting on the HBTs and the seabag are the best :thumbsup: Great Amtrac group! Kurt Barickman
July 11, 201214 yr #72 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Fantastic grouping with a great history Manny !! Thanks for sharing it with us !! Vic
July 11, 201214 yr #73 Doesn't get any better than that. Thanks so much for sharing such a great grouping!
July 11, 201214 yr #74 That painting on the HBTs and the seabag are the best :thumbsup: Great Amtrac group! Kurt Barickman I completely agree! Great grouping, thanks for all the photos! regards, pat
July 11, 201214 yr #75 No I did not get pics of his uniforms. All I had in those days was a 35mm and I could hardly use it. Never mind take it on a call. Glad you like the group. M Do you remember if there were fmf pac amtrak patches on the uniform shoulders? Or something else?
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