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I am almost speechless. My friend of the last 20 years passed away and left me her father’s trunk. What really makes me curious is the old film negatives labeled invasion of France/battle of the budge/ invasion of holland. (The man was a us glider pilot with four campaign stars) I am undecided what to do with the trunk, i tried donating it to a local museum but they showed little interest. I think it would make for a great biopic but i simply want to see what’s on the film and see that it is preserved for future generations.

Who were the purple jackets of 1941? Does it have anything to do with World War II?

This is a bracelet and a pin I found in my grandfather’s stuff, one says “ purple jackets 1941” and the other pen looks like a purple “jacket”

I found this old piece of paper amongst my grandfather's old items. This was in one of the photo albums he had, but there is no information attached to it.

First, before I get spammed, I've already reached out to a few agencies to see what can be done about returning this. To my understanding though, once handed over, I won't get any information.

While I wait for that process, I am curious about what it is, and if anyone has any information they could share. I don't know if this is some kind of letter or something, and I'd be interested in learning more about it before it's gone.

My grandfather was part of the 5th Amphibious Corps, USMC. He was part of the Battle of Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. I believe this came from Saipan, based on the few other images on the same page nothing he was there, but I can't confirm that.

If there are any questions, I'll try to answer the best I can.

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found this sick jacket that looks like a cross between an ike jacket and a type 2 but have nothing else to identify it besides the buttons. can’t find one like this online so im thinking its homemade… any insight is greatly appreciated

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I’m researching my great-grandfather, Claude Allen Morrison (USMC, 4607845), who enlisted in April 1918 from Sherman, Texas. His records show service with Headquarters Company, 17th Regiment at Quantico, Company D, 6th Separate Battalion, and later the 80th Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines. His campaign credits include Champagne, Meuse-Argonne, Crossing the Meuse River, and Army of Occupation, and he received the Meuse-Argonne clasp and Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal. I’ve attached his service card and muster roll entries. Can anyone help determine:

Whether the Company D, 6th Separate Battalion assignment indicates service with the 6th Machine Gun Battalion?

When he transferred into the 80th Company?

Whether there’s evidence he would have qualified to wear the French Fourragère?

Where Field Hospital 23 and Evacuation Hospital 16 were located in June 1919?

I’m also building a shadow box and trying to recreate his service as accurately as possible—medals, insignia, uniform details, unit patch/Indianhead insignia, Fourragère if appropriate, and anything specific to an enlisted Marine in the 6th Marines/4th Brigade in 1918–1919. Any guidance on what would be historically correct to include, and what I should avoid adding without proof, would be appreciated.

I was going through a box of my parents’ old photos and came across this one which I believe is my grandfather. I have zero information about who he was, the regiment he was in, where he served and even if he saw any combat (I don’t even know if this is specially taken in WW2 but I’m pretty sure he passed away in the 1960s at a relatively young age). Any identification at this point would be awesome.

I plan to start a HEMA and Historical Reenactment group in about a year, focused on the Iberian Iron Age, primarily on two Celtiberian peoples: the Gallaecian and Lusitanian, who fought against Rome before being conquered and Romanized.

In addition to Celtiberian reenactments and battles, we also plan to include some reenactments of Ancient Rome, as well as reenactments of theof the Gallaecian-Roman and Lusitanian-Roman cultures that formed during and after Romanization. The Roman reenactment part is not a problem for us; however, we have had a lot of difficulty researching the armor, warfare styles, etc., specific to the Gallaecian and Lusitanian. Most Celtic Iron Age reenactment groups focus almost exclusively on the Gauls.

Could anyone help us?

Remember, in our project we only have these two peoples: Gallaecians and Lusitanians.

My parents have found this old foto of my great grandpa who fought in the Second World War for Germany (as you can clearly see). However he has never talked about it that much, so I decided to find out more about him. And since this here is the only picture I have, it’s not that easy for me. I know that he fought in the Sahara under Rommel and later got sent to the eastern front. There was this picture taken. And I have guessed that he must have been in the Luftwaffe, cause of the placement of the eagle above his right pocket and the Anti Air Canon beside him. Can you please help me find out more?