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fernleaf-- Many thanks!!

I recently pickup two M1903 Springfields

M1903 Mark I 1124249

M1903A1 1499989

Any info would be very helpful, Thanks for looking

They look like a bunch of aged re-enactors having fun! If original WWII it looks like the US Draft board raided a senior citizens home for recruits late in the war.

Daan-- They are probably trying get some of the water off the road using basic hand tools. I don't believe they are under enemy or observation as the area is pretty open and flat. The best way to...

Old Engineer adage: "Dirt plus Mud equals more Mud."

Been there. Done that.

It looks like your M1922 M1 NRA rifle was upgraded to later to M2 standards. Its a very nice find.

Bob-- I believe sun (pith) helmets were standard issue for ground forces in administrative tropical environments. I remember my father wearing them in Panama in the mid to late 50's.

Cinders great spot! Probably definitely US Marines as you can barely make out the Globe and Anchor on the front of the Pith helmet.

The barrels of what appears to be two aircraft lewis guns are pointing upward. The early Higgins boats had two gun tubs on the front, one on either side of the boat.

Jim-- Right again. A disaster waiting to happen. I saw the same thing on a drone video with three or four Iraqi soldiers trying to disarm an IED. AKs and body parts flying everywhere.

Jim-- Probably right. naval personnel or a coast guardmen.

Cinders-- I did the same thing for late father-in-law who served in the Pacific. He was de-mobilized so quickly he did not want to wait around for his medals. He just wanted to get home start his...

It was common for the VC/NVA to nail 8 or 9 fragmentation grenades to board and pull the pins. The board was laid in a field that would be likely landing zone. The "loaded" board would be placed...

A bit odd that no one has TA-50 cartridge belts on?

Interesting variety of the hand grenades sitting on the wooden box.

Jim-- I think most are now have be demolished. One or two of the barracks on several forts have been preserved as historical. Being wooden and with asbestos they were a very dangerous. Originally...

The unit crest over the door would indicate they are from one of the troops of the 107th Cavalry Regiment of the Ohio National Guard. Troop G was involved the shootings at Kent State. Judging by...

In the movie, Mickey Rooney was digging a grave yard to enter a Nazi fortress when he came upon one of the recent "internees" and came out the hole gasping for air. That's when Henry Silva said that...

Reminds of a movie line, "You better get use to it. It's the smell of eternity." Movie- "Secret Invasion" line by Henry Silva.

Plenty to see in Delaware. In addition to Fort Delaware, you have Fort DuPont in Delaware City and on the Jersey side of the Delaware you have Fort Mott. When Fort Delaware was used during the...

Great movie! At least they got most of the weapons right.

Is that the barrel of a Johnson Light MG pointing out from the left side of the Plt Ldr? Oops, I failed to see the one next the other showing its underside.

I believe the program of canning firearms was an outgrow of the pre-war experience of long term storage of firearms by the US Ordnance Department. The previous storage involved dripping the weapons...

Recently there was an article about a Brazilian P-47 in the Italian Campaign that was return with a large section of wing missing. I will see if a can find the article. Absolutely amazing the degree...