5th Regimental Combat Team in Korea. Officer on the right is General James A. Van Fleet, commanding general of the Eighth Army.

U.S. Military Academy with HONOR GUARD tab

I knew the straps were a little different but what was different on the hose?

Festivity7780,  Thank you very much for that photo and your very welcome information.  It is one more piece of the USMC Bayonet 2000 puzzle that has been missing. Marv

Thanks 

I'd say that is rarer (and better) considering the fact that it has not been around since the 1920s, this particular model dates definitely years before ww2 because it's not with the two crossed M1 garands (more modern)

Ha ha they seemed to have recovered nicely from that little faux pas in time. Speaking of time they even have a line of watches now. 

Which is great when the base metal is silver, but unless we are only discussing Type 1 Navy Purple hearts, no other Purple Hearts would be made of silver and thus would not tarnish as you suppose.   I am with Dave on this one. The blackening has to have been done through a chemical process as opposed to paint. If the lettering was done with paint, we would find lots of examples where the paint has flaked out from the crevices where the medal was engraved.   Allan

I am going to bet that the field jacket is more likely a relic from the Korean War era or slightly later rather than a strictly WWII issued item. Name tags like the one sewn to the field jacket are more often seen in the 1950's than in WWII. Additionally, the last name is far too common to try to identify the original owner as being from a specific unit.   My two cents,   Allan