WWII US Marine Corps Women's Reserve Uniforms

Somewhat rare and hard to find are the uniforms issued to the 18,000 women who served in the US Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II. I found several pieces worn by a female Sgt. who served from 1943 to 1946. The moths got to the wool service dress uniforms, but there are several pieces of the utility/work uniforms including her official issue culottes. I have the complete details and photos at http://hudsonmilitaria.com/

German NSKK Crash Helmet

This first pattern NSKK crash helmet from the 1930's needs to have the earflap panels resewn which is why it is listed at only $600 (or best offer). You can see more photos at www,hudsonmilitaria.com/TR/

34th Division Human Insignia photo 1918

This is an original photograph of the 34th Infantry Division forming their insignia on August 18, 1918. There are 16,000 men in this photo taken at Camp Cody, New Mexico by Almeron Newman of nearby Deming NM (Newman is worth a Google search: his prints mostly seem to be in the Library of Congress, museums, government and university archives).

The title of the photo is ANIMATED CREST 34TH DIVISION and in the lower left corner it is marked "Number 2". Images of the "Number 1" version can be found in many places on the web: it has far fewer men in it and basically there is a lot of empty space around the elements of the patch. but I was not able to find this "Number 2" version anywhere else, not an image at all. This is an original photographic print about 13.5 inches by 15.5 inches. The price is $349 OBO including shipping.

Letter from USS Arizona crewman killed on Dec. 7 1941

This is an original letter from USS Arizona crewman killed on Dec. 7 1941, written to former shipmate on Oct. 10, 1941. Is is now for sale at http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

USS Arizona's newsletter AT 'EM ARIZONA

I have seven original issues of the USS Arizona's newsletter AT 'EM ARIZONA for sale. Click here for more on that: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/

USS Arizona photo album from 1938

This is a late 1930's (about 1938) photo album from the USS Arizona, with about 140 photos, many of them identified by name (some of the photos show an Arizona crewman who was killed on December 7, 1941). You can get more info here: http://cgi.ebay.com

China Marine painting by Mary Augusta Mullikin

This is an interesting one: a 1946 portrait of a US Marine, painted in China in 1946 by renowned artist Mary Augusta Mullikin, famed for her China landscapes. This was painted after she was released from the Japanese prisoner of war camp where she had spent World War II. I have a lot more about her and the subject of the painting here: http://hudsonmilitaria.com/Mullikin/

WWII leather A-2 flight jacket patches

Found this recently: it's all from a World War II bombardier in the 5th Air Force, 461st Bombardment Group, 766th Bombardment Squadron - The Liberaiders.

These are handpainted leather patches and one can only imagine how cook they'd look on an A2 flight jacket.

You can see larger photos here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300288272418

WWII press photos

This week I acquired more than 380 press photos from World War II.
These are photos distributed to newspapers and these particular ones
were from Acme Newspictures. Most are from the war in the Pacific,
some are from Europe and some from the homefront.

There are lots of very interesting photos here and I've stated
scanning them and putting them online at
http://homepage.mac.com/bobhudsoncom/PressPhotos/PhotoAlbum47.html -
if you see something you're interested in feel free to make an offer.
There are two types of photos: ones that were printed direct from
negatives and have a caption on a separate piece of paper, and ones
that sent from the war zones using a type of fax technology sent via
shortwave radio. Those have the captions printed on the photo and
don't have the quality of the ones made direct from negatives.
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US Navy cruise jackets

I've been getting inquiries about Navy West Pac cruise jackets so I am going to start buying them (and other area cruise jackets) when I see them.

I acquired two today: one for the USS Elliot 1995 Arabian Gulf cruise and one for the USS Tripoli 1985 West Pac cruise.