Wooden box with hinged lift-up lid. Lid has cut out on top around leather carrying strap. Push-snap metal latch secures lid to box. Bottom of one end cut at angle. Slots cut in sides at same end.
As a part of Task Force "Sugar" a provisional 4.5 rocket battery, consisting of three launcher rockets, T-27 was employed. This was the first trial in the division of this weapon.
Axe has a 7 3/4" wide blade and a 10" long triangular head with sharp wide edge and round hammer head shade at other end with hole edgewise for the wooden handle. Handle is 31 1/2" long, is made of oak. Handle appears to be a replacement.
Olive drab cotton duck canteen cover with gray wool felt lining inside. The cover is closed with two brass lift the dot fasteners. On the cover reverse is a brass bent wire fastener secured within a piece of webbed material folded and stitched to...
Coach lamp; Ohio model. Made of tin, painted black. Body 4" x 4" square lined inside with brass plates and reflector on door & back. Front panel on left side are beveled glass, 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" with cut design. Collar, stem and tip measure 7 1/4"...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
A galvanized steel folding lantern with mica sheet windows on three sides. The top is hinged with a square steel bent wire handle. The front edge of lid has a steel bent wire clip which fastens into front top edge of panel. The opening for the clip...
Decorative copper tray with fluted and floral boarder. Inside is embossed with a scene of a tree lined street with houses, possibly Grant Avenue, stamped at the bottom with "Officers Quarters/Fort Leavenworth, Kansas".
A stand of grapeshot consisting of nine balls, grouped together with two round cast iron plates, and two iron rings with a bolt running through the center, fastened on one end. The shot are in three tiers, three balls per tier. At the end where the...
Model 1881 dress helmet plate stamped brass eagle pattern with infantry insignia of two crossed rifles. Eagle is facing right holding olive branch in left talon, and arrows in the right talon. Eagle is holding a ribbon in its beak with the words...
In Iraq from January 2005 to January 2006, Colonel Joseph DiSalvo commanded the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team. Responsible principally for the Rasafah district of Baghdad - located on the east side of the Tigris River - in an area...
From January 2005 through January 2006, Command Sergeant Major Gabriel Berhane served as the CSM for Colonel Joseph DiSalvo's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division whose roughly 4.5 million inhabitant-strong area of operations consisted of...
Olive drab steel water chest with olive drab canvas handle looped through D rings on either end of chest top and riveted with four metal rivets. The chest lid has rounded notched lid lever. Attached to the bottom center of the lid is a flat chain...
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...
Faded olive drab belt of canvas and webbing. Belt made in 3 pieces - two pocket sections and a connecting belt. Pocket sections have five pockets with blackened brass snap dot closures. There are grommets between pockets on top and bottom as well...