War memorabilia..what's in your closet?

[winny]

Originally Posted by bobbysocks

OK i have a few things. a lot of the stuff has disintegrated like the mae west and flight jacket. but still have some keep sakes. the swastika supposedly hung in the nurmeberg stadium where hitler gave his speeches to the people...that is what the GI who sold it to my dad said anyways. no way to verify it but its pretty cool. to its left is a 37mm cannon round from a P39 which is what the 357th originally flew and to the far right is a 50 cal round. the pistol is an officer's walther P38 ( brought home from the war ). next is a couple shots of my dad's flight cap and goggles...the ox mask is from the era but bought later for the display. and last is the officers cap, gun camera film cartridge ( and yes i do have the 16mm gun film), and 2 silk scarves with maps of europe on them. depending on the mission they carried one of them in case they were shot down.

They're great things for you to have. Have you seen the gun camera footage? If so what does it show? And the Swastika (if it is from nuremberg stadium) is a museum piece.