NO. I want a closeup photo of the Radio equipment in the Peep. I'm trying to learn about the types of radios and especially how they were mounted in the vehicles.Love the photos. I might want to use one on my website.
Hey Steve,
Here ya go...these photos were taken during the previous photo shoot of my Jeep.
The radios set was bought by a friend of mine for me, for Christmas 2005 its cost roughly $1200 he told me it was my Christmas present for the next three years... LOL... It doesn't work right now but, a couple of parts and it'll be back up and running. Its only got a range of five miles and thats it. It has everything(other than those internal parts to make it work) to go with it. Its a 1943 U.S. Army Signal Corps. BC-659 Radio with a Receiver and Transmitter, PE-120-A Power Supply Unit, FT-250-C Radio Mounting Bracket(Serial No. 14161) made by Galvin Mfg. Co., Chicago, IL. and canvas cover, MP-50 Antenna Mounting Bracket, Antenna Base by Ohio Brass, Mast Sections 51-53 with canvas sheath, and the BC-659 Operator's Manual dated 1943.
The only thing externally its missing are the two radio mounting legs to support it sticking out over the edge of the wheel well on the driver side they are the FT-422 and FT-423 they mount to the bottom of the FT-250-C and mount into the floorboard to support the FT-250-C base and the entire radio itself. The FT-250-C actually has a suspension system within it to give the radio a smoother ride rather than a rough potentially damaging ride.
Very cool. It is amazing that it survived. I made contact with someone whose father brought home the regimental flags of my Dad's unit. If he had not done that, then it would have been destroyed or thrown in some large storage warehouse in Colorado----did you see the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? That warehouse at the end of the movie is a real place.
Anyway, the family has decided to donate the flag to a museum. I'm trying to find a museum that will display it.
BTW, flags and tanks and artillery, etc. are considered property of the US Gov't. Only personal equipment and weapons could be kept by the soldier. So, if a museum receives a flag, it has to notify the Gov't and they can claim it if they want. Just thought you might want to know.
Steve
I happen to know guys who own tanks and they are not property of the U.S. Government once they are put into surplus rotation and are privately owned. Once that is the case they are no longer property of the U.S. Government but the property of the individual owner. The same is true for my little Jeep. However, the U.S. Government was trying to make that the case with a bill recently, although it was shot down by both the Senate and the House of Representatives but, that doesn't mean they won't try it again. 
As for the US Government on the US Flags I know about that rule. I don't think they really care if they are owned by a private citizen just so long as they themselves can see the piece is being cared for. The US Army Corps. of Engineers knows I have the flag and they've told me.. "take care of it..."..LOL...I was like you bet!..LOL...I've got both of them protected right now as per-historic preservation regulations that the U.S. National Park Service uses.
I was lucky when I found the battalion colors. It was just a luck of the draw chance that I happened to walk in the day he was putting up and I saw it. Thats cool about your dad's unit flag and good luck to finding a museum that'll place it on display for everyone to enjoy. 
Kind Regards,
Jim