Wednesday, June 24, 2015

WWII USMC Correct Ribbon Placement 1946 Marine Corps Gazette

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Problems with how your Marine Corps ribbons and devices should be attached to a WWII USMC uniform? This is a great article from a 1946 Marin...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

WWII USMC PFC 28th Marines 5th Marine Division Uniform Jacket

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It's been while! Here is a USMC Coat IDed to a Marine in the Weapons Company 28th Marines and a vet of Iwo Jima. The Jacket was strippe...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Wileys Uniform Accessory Shop Custom WWII 1/2 Sized Marine/Navy Ribbons

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Jason Foust, owner of Wileys Uniform Accessory Shop has recreated and reproduced the correctly sized USMC and Navy 1/2 sized uniform ribbon...
Monday, June 1, 2015

WWII Navy Clothing and Small Stores List 1942

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Here is a nice find this weekend, a WWII Navy Clothing and Small Stores List from 1942. This is basically a list of items sailors were issu...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

WWII Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal Zippo Lighter AD

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Just an incredible Zippo lighter advertisement of Joe Rosenthal's lighter that he carried at Iwo Jima. Features the classic black crinkl...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

WWII Navy MoMM1c Navy Blue Jumper D-Day Vet LST-380

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Although Iwo Jima Navy vet uniforms appear somewhat regularly, it is D-Day Navy vet uniforms that are near impossible to locate. When I see...
Monday, May 4, 2015

WWII USMC Navy Corpsman PhM2c 1st Marine Division/IMAC

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About a year ago I picked up this forest green coat belonging to Navy Corpsman who started in the 1st Field Depot Supply Service IMAC 1st A...