A 1/C Billy Randall’s gift to his mother on Christmas morning 1968 – a handmade doll sent home from Vietnam.
A 1/C Billy Randall’s mother on Christmas morning 1968 with the handmade Vietnamese doll he sent home.
The framed print on the left is an original 1906 print of the USS Maine. The bronze plaque on the right was cast in 1913 from original pieces of metal taken off the USS Maine when she was taken out of the harbor in Havana into deep water and sunk. There were only 1000 castings of which fewer than 50 are known to exist today.
Original late 1870’s to early 1880’s child’s cast iron toy of a Union Cavalry Artillery set of six horses, with riders on three, and two drivers riding the caisson towing the artillery piece.
Detail of late 1870’s to early 1880’s child’s cast iron toy.
Bito’s was the premier patch, badge, pin, and plaque maker for the American military out of the Philippines.
Bito’s was the premier patch, badge, pin, and plaque maker for the American military out of the Philippines.
Original cup, knife handle and fork from the crash site of the Hindenburg sitting on original bricks from the floor of Hanger 1, the Hindenburg’s home at Lakehurst NAS in the 1930s.
An original fork from the crash site of the Hindenburg with it’s markings, DZR, for Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (German Zeppelin Airline Company).
An original fork from the crash site of the Hindenburg with it’s markings, DZR, for Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (German Zeppelin Airline Company).
An authentic compass from the pocket of the Revolutionary War officer.
A musket ball and flint from the pocket of the Revolutionary War officer.
Operation Paul Bunyan was conducted in response to the ‘Axe Murder Incident’ in the Korean DMZ.
