My haul from this past weekend's militaria show

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Yes, WWII shells soldiered on all the way to Vietnam but most had later vintage liners. It's very difficult to see to the untrained eye, but WWII vintage shells are just a teeny different shape than the shells made during the Korean War and the same later shell was used for the Vietnam helmet shells. If you put a WWII shell and Korean War shell side by side you can see that the WWII shell is oh so slightly differently shaped at the top.

I actually have an early WWII fixed bale shell that was updated and used in Vietnam. Even the shell chinstraps have been upgraded to the Vietnam era straps. The Vietnam era liner doesn't really fit well inside the older WWII frame, but I guess it sufficed well enough to be functional.

~ Harlan

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[burb1989]

I guess so. I know that's how it was with the marine corps arsenal during that time. My dad had a mix of ww2, Korean, and few newer made gear. He had a ww2 canteen, etool folding shovel, and even his 1911 was from ww2.