42wc21
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Post by 42wc21 on Jan 21, 2011 23:22:46 GMT -5
If you want to carry the glove I would think you would want it in your pack to not only protect it but to keep it from getting snagged on everything. You might also want to tighten up the German belt. I have seen a lot of guys wearing them in original photos so I know it is correct but you don't want to be running and have it slide down around your ankles to trip you.
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Post by 34thtcflyboy on Jan 21, 2011 23:27:08 GMT -5
If you want to carry the glove I would think you would want it in your pack to not only protect it but to keep it from getting snagged on everything. You might also want to tighten up the German belt. I have seen a lot of guys wearing them in original photos so I know it is correct but you don't want to be running and have it slide down around your ankles to trip you. Well I didn't really want to include my gas mask bag in these photos but I can see your point about packing it away. I do carry one with a bottle of wine, k-rations and other things. The belt doesn't fall down as far as I've worn it to a few events and it's been okay.
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Post by MARNEPUPPY on Jan 22, 2011 9:49:33 GMT -5
They were surplused at the end of the war. Charlie Not very likely. Most gear is so fouled up when it is surplused it isnt even resembling its former self. So how about the piles of unissued "surplus" that has turned up from WW2 over the years - with unissued stuff still sporadically turning up these days, 65 years later? Surplus does not mean totally screwed up... I bet you have owned quite a bit of it over the years.
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Post by chip23 on Jan 22, 2011 10:00:14 GMT -5
Charlie, I do agree that if the glove was carried it was probably squirreled away instead of hanging loose. I usually consider mine a "left back" item, but sometimes put it in my gas mask bag. It depends on the scenario for the event. I also think it is a bit naive to think that GI's didn't liberate these gloves from the Special Services. They picked up stuff that they thought would make their life a little better. My grandfather was a good and honest man. However, we have pictures he took during the war. My Mom and Grandmother assured me no one sent him a camera. We never asked him, but we assume he "found" one somewhere when he felt like he needed one. That doesn't change my opinion of him--he did what he felt he needed to do in a horrible time in his life.
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Post by williegford on Jan 22, 2011 10:12:52 GMT -5
Flyboy, Your basic impression looks very good. I've seen your other impressions you've posted in the past (glider pilot, etc) and you definitely put an effort into doing the little things well. So it shows you put a lot of stock into research. Well done The big thing you need to do, as has been mentioned and you've acknowledged, is get a real M1 rifle. Your "I've never been a gun-guy" comment kinda makes me chuckle. Is being a "gun-guy" that bad? And I guess I have to ask why you would do impressions like this that involve carrying a "gun" if they are so bad? Personal preference things: I agree with the people that are saying there's no problem with carrying the BB glove but put it in your pack or a gas mask bag. If it was an item that was that precious to you, you'd be taking a whole lot better care of it then the way it is pictured. Also (and I know there's going to be a ton of comments after this about how many GIs carried captured stuff) I personally would ditch the German belt. It just comes across to me as being way too "movie/cliche". The combination of the German belt and the glove hanging off your pack just looks like you're trying to encapsulate every stereotype you've read about the American GI. In summary, I think you've got that "look" of a WWII GI. You don't need all the "add-ons". Keep up the good work Bill
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Post by armynurse on Jan 22, 2011 10:23:09 GMT -5
Baseball glove is taking up needless space. I see no use for it. It is neat and all that, but why...a soldier that was in long enough to make S/Sgt would know better than to carry that around...especially in the snow. Dirty face but clean hands? Rest looks good. Charlie I agree. Also, the way you are carrying the glove it is exposed to the weather (wet...wet...wet..). Animal skin does not do well in the elements. If you want to carry it, wrap it in your blanket and put in your haversack. Finally, I would ditch the Sgt. stripes. This is not to say they are improper, There is just no need for them. Everyone in the squads / platoons / company knows who the Officer's and NCOs are. Why tell the enemy? Thank you for posting! Evie
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Post by misdrop on Jan 22, 2011 10:48:29 GMT -5
Baseball glove is taking up needless space. I see no use for it. It is neat and all that, but why...a soldier that was in long enough to make S/Sgt would know better than to carry that around...especially in the snow. Dirty face but clean hands? Rest looks good. Charlie I agree. Also, the way you are carrying the glove it is exposed to the weather (wet...wet...wet..). Animal skin does not do well in the elements. If you want to carry it, wrap it in your blanket and put in your haversack. Finally, I would ditch the Sgt. stripes. This is not to say they are improper, There is just no need for them. Everyone in the squads / platoons / company knows who the Officer's and NCOs are. Why tell the enemy? Thank you for posting! Evie Very astute observations Evie and all. Some good constructive observations here. Keep up the work towards refining your impression.
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Post by 34thtcflyboy on Jan 22, 2011 12:04:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments everyone. Sometimes I miss big obvious things because I concentrate too hard on getting all the details correct, it wouldn't be the first time!
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Post by Boogiewoogie on Jan 22, 2011 13:32:26 GMT -5
Reminds me of all those MVPA jeeps with the Coke bottle opener and baseball glove shoved in the back handle.
Guy's are saying in a gasmask bag. So that might be where it belongs. If I had one, I would keep it there or in a barracks bag. Where more than likely it would get stolen.
Martin
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young 90th
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Post by young 90th on Jan 22, 2011 14:41:20 GMT -5
How was moving around with your german gun belt? personal preference I would just wear it as a trouser belt and throw the pistol in your pocket or keep it on the holster. Your call. I used to use a lot of "personal" or non issue items in my impressions as well. what I found was that by using all these personal items that were all era correct I was taking away from my overall impression. in research you might see a GI with a baseball glove and in another picture a guy with a german belt and pistol, but you probably have never seen both on one guy. pick one, make it really part of your impression. Also the more I talk to vets and read 1st person accounts the more aware I become that if you had something that was special to you, you kept it on YOU. not in your pack or your gasmask bag. Often times before assaults or what not, soldiers dropped their packs and they they would be brought up later, and you often got the wrong pack or they were never brought up. If the glove really means something to you, carry it in your jacket. Everything in your pack should be "dispensable." The snow would be no good for your glove anyhow.
Charlie
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Post by Buggnkat on Jan 22, 2011 19:07:32 GMT -5
If I had one, I would keep it there or in a barracks bag. Where more than likely it would get stolen. Martin Hence that is the reason almost all that I talked with CARRIED theirs with them for fear of losing theirs to some REMF liberating it for their use. Marnepuppy, lets just say after almost 1,000,000 guys played with you and left you in a wet duffle bag in poor conditions ie leaky roofs, or NO roofs..... well you get the picture. And yes I have owned a great deal of surplus over the many years, but the BEST stuff I owned is what I "aquired" not bought. 99% of surplus is surplus because it is worn out!
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Post by ukrianedaddy on Mar 5, 2011 21:49:40 GMT -5
It's your money and impression do what you want, I sometimes carried a flat football and a small air pump in my ruck when I was in the Army. I was a mortarman and rarely had extra room for much in my ruck, but the ball was a hit when we were waiting around or just had downtime away from the unit.
Just my .02
Mike
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