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[StartQuote] Good points, guys, and all true, although it wouldn't be unusual for someone with JFK's means to have had multiple dress uniforms (think of the wealthy "Willie Keith" character in "The Caine Mutiny," who lets another officer with one hat use his because "I have two others"). I wouldn't think it that unusual for an extra uniform (or uniform parts) to have been obtained by someone from JFK when he was a senator in 1955. I've got a friend who's written eight or so books (I've lost count!) on the 101st Airborne Division in World War II, plus one on the 2nd Armored, and several others on patches and insignia, and is also a long-time (fifty-plus years) collector of WWII militaria. He's often bemoaned the glut of faked and misrepresented WWII uniforms, equipment, accesories, and awards -- some expertly rendered, some poorly -- that have come onto the scene in the last ten to fifteen years, many, many of them passed off as authentic and genuine on eBay. Although I said "it's possible," I'd be very skeptical too, but...with the asking price on these uniform items now listed at more than a quarter of a million dollars, the seller is either one of two things: awfully sure of what he's got, or a world-class hustler. [EndQuote]
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