For those of you who don’t know, I have stepped away from teaching for the moment in order to take up a Resident Director position at a local college. This could eventually lead into a part-time professor role… but as of right now, I work sudent affairs in the office of Housing and Residential Life. The college is only 10mins from home and the recycling facility… so I will still be helping out there and you guys can keep an eye on the things we find in my garbage thread.

Anyway, because of my new position, the college has given me an 8person townhouse… TO MYSELF! :shok_yikes: and I’m required to live on campus. I try to live simply… so as you can imagine, there is A LOT of empty space. I’ve decided to bring part of my collection into my apartment to make it feel a little more like home. Making things easier, each "bedroom" in the townhouse has built in closets which to me just screams out as a display area for my collection.

I’ve decided to put together a small uniform display of what I think a US soldier would wear on a combat patrol. As of right now, the display consists of a front seam, fixed bale helmet, a USGI wool shirt, M36 suspenders, Garand cartridge belt (including a first aid kit, bayonet and canteen) and Garand bandolier. I’ve added pieces of cardboard that are roughly the same size as a Garand enbloc clip to the bandolier to make it look fully loaded.

I am adding an M43 field jacket today. I’d like to clip a grenade or two to the D-Rings on the suspenders…. Is there anything else you folks think I should add?

I think I’d also like to acquire a torso mannequin just to make the display in general look beter. As of right now, I think it looks sort of…. floppy and sloppy. :confused:

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Questions, concerns, comments, etc. would be greatly appreciated!