The noncommissioned officer in the United States Military has a lot of responsibility. Much of that responsibility comes from the creation and use of advanced technology in our modern military. From 1920 to 1935, there was not a lot of attention...
MSG Roy P. Benavidez was a great American hero. He was born in 1935. He overcame bigotry of his South Texas hometown and became a legend. During his second tour in Vietnam as a Special Forces Soldier eventually earned him the Congressional Medal of...
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo Mississippi on January 8, 1935. He was born a twin hut his brother Jessie was stillborn, many stories were told of how this would bother Elvis his entire life. Therefore, Elvis grew up an only child. Musical...
Roy Benavidez was born on August 5th 1935. He was the son of a sharecropper. He was 2 years old when his father died. His mother died one year later. His parents left him and his brother, with a younger brother, Roger, to live with an uncle,...
Olive drab hat with a flat brim and a Montana peak. There are four painted brass grommet vents - one middle of each side. A one inch grosgrain hat band with a flat bow on the left side. Two oblong brass grommets thorough which the chin strap passed...
White felt hat with a broad, flat brim and high indented crown. White silk hat band with carved leather belt style band on top of that. Leather has long billet tipped in silver and an ornate silver buckle. Brim bound in silk. Sweatband of brown...
Olive drab felt hat with four grommets evenly spaced in crown. Five rows of top stitching along edge of brim, 3/4" brown ribbon encircles the crow. Chin strap replaced by shoestring. Leather sweatband with 7 1/8" written in back.
Copper and tin horn. Horn has joint 11 3/16" from top bent at a 45 degree angle. The bell is separate piece of copper having the bottom covered in tin.
Flag with eagle in the middle with one white star with a red outline. Two red stars on the right of eagle, two white stars on the left. Flag is half red, half white cut diagonally across the center. Flag is bordered by yellow tassel fringe. Eagle...
Wrought iron gates with an eleven bar center panel. Bottom edge has an "S" scroll design and side and top curved edgings are ring design. Gates are hung on pivot and hinge mechanism. Closing finial at hinge corner, large scroll finial at center....
Eight russet leather straps 1 1/4" wide attached to four steel, japanned black rings 2 1/4" in diameter and two steel, japanned 2" square rings by means of white linen thread and brass rivets. There are steel japanned black roller buckle and one...