An Ordnance one, the 302nd Ordnance Company of the division..  

I remember when all we had to worry about was what shade of green the Jeep should be. Oh and of course if everything on it had the Ford F markings. I had a Trimite paint rep call at the unit whilst we were working on the Jeep back in the 80's. He took away a couple of original still boxed parts with the o.d. green paint finish on them and had it analysed back at their base and returned a few days later with the matched paint in enough quantity to repaint several jeeps. For free as they were trying out their new technology and saw it as a learning curve.  Kevin

A 1st Log Cmd GI who's wearing the Full Color one at the late date of December 1968, he's at the Bob Hope Christmas Show at Long Binh,

The old 43rd Infantry Division as a Scorpion Patch, unit now called the 143rd Regional Support Group of the Conn NG..

. mikie   you went and did it, you muddied the waters again you mentioned carburettor again !!!!!!   You have said you would like to own a Jeep are you Mad !!! all I can say is it was easier back in the day  to own one, when a Jeep was a Jeep, was a jeep, today with all the deep interest in the technical details  it is much harder . . . . . . . . . . . .    Here's another carburettor mystery for you.   The carburettor shown in the Dec 1941 manual, and the following manuals features a protrusion at the rear of the carburettor bowl, May 1942,  October 1942,  June 1943.   Now the problem I have is that I have four carburettors, two ' early ' eight patent numbers and two ' later ' twelve patent numbers, my two early eight patent carbs DON'T  feature this protrusion,  but my two late twelve patents carbs DO feature this protrusion  . . . . . . . . . .   My four carburettors all came off salvaged Jeeps we broke up in the 1970's                Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, April 11  2O25.   ...      

Cimitero monumentale di Stalieno, Genoa, Italy.  

Speaking of the 8th Infantry Division, here are POWs from the Division filmed by their captors, sub unit unknown, it's warm weather with Green bushes etc, so possibly in Brittany.   This one appears to have an OD Border.

Dear Forum   This one has been acquired some time ago. Any information would be appreciated.  Thank you  Dominique 

Hi Michael,   another nice one. A very impressive collection.  I contacted the guy but he is an older gentleman and he is not into pictures.  He told me that it was in the box with all the accessories in the packages.  He said he thinks it is from the 80's.  Did these come out in the 80's or only in the early 90's?  I contacted him on the 8th and he got back to me today.     rocky

I think the bar on the medal attributed to Short is authentic.  All the details of the lettering match exactly other known original bars. I'm don't have a problem with the narrow back strap.