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Post by chaui71 on Jan 24, 2011 21:01:01 GMT -5
A couple of photos of myself and a buddy as Coast Guard Beach Patrol at a living history timeline in Oklahoma. There were two more of us, but they were parking a WWII vets car for him and missed the camera time. flic.kr/p/9cV9uJflic.kr/p/9cV9uf
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Post by Kirby on Jan 24, 2011 21:55:05 GMT -5
Good lookin' dogs
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Post by panzer224 on Jan 28, 2011 12:58:16 GMT -5
nice impression! where did you get the blues? I've been looking around.
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Post by starsandstripes on Jan 28, 2011 20:54:12 GMT -5
That is a very cool impression I really give you props cuz that is awesome!
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Post by Kirby on Jan 28, 2011 21:06:02 GMT -5
WW2 Impressions sells the Navy Denims.
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Post by chaui71 on Feb 1, 2011 5:26:43 GMT -5
The trousers are from WWII Impressions. One of the chambray shirts is also from there, but the other one is a private purchase piece. Most of my field gear is original m1910 pieces; the remainder is reproduction items from Schipperfabik, WPG, and Pacific Leather & Canvas.
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Post by Transport on Feb 1, 2011 16:44:59 GMT -5
Ahoy! What a great and different impression. I like it! Transport out
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Post by m1stevehayes on Feb 5, 2011 21:10:32 GMT -5
not sure about the p-17 rifle, maybe the coast guard did have them. the leggens look like army ones. but I still like it. We need more navy type pictures.
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Post by tetsu no ame on Feb 8, 2011 12:42:46 GMT -5
Looks great!
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Post by Vudu on Feb 9, 2011 1:18:32 GMT -5
not sure about the p-17 rifle, maybe the coast guard did have them. the leggens look like army ones. but I still like it. We need more navy type pictures. Speaking of leg- & footwear, I noticed the roughout brogans. Not sure about Dept of the Navy, but War Department policy was that the roughout shoes were for "combat theater only" issue. On another topic of curiosity, did the Coast Guard also wear the CG shield on the right sleeve of work uniforms as on the jumpers or not? Thanks!
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Post by USCGBM1 on Feb 9, 2011 16:24:47 GMT -5
The shield was worn on dress and undress uniforms. The work uniform was void of any insignia.
As for uniforms for the beach patrols, you'll see a lot of interesting stuff when you get digging into the pictures....if it was in the inventory, it was worn. You'll find the boondockers from the Navy Dept being referred to as "beach shoes" in a lot of first hand accounts.
Jim
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Post by chaui71 on Feb 10, 2011 7:59:30 GMT -5
You are right about those leggings, they are Army issue. That was an accomodation I had to make. The other guys all had Navy issue. As far as footwear, Jim is right. In photos of Coast Guardsmen on patrol we saw everything under the sun. One photo showing the firing line on a rifle range gave us a really good closeup of, at least what we could translate as, black canvas athletic shoes similar to low top Converse All Stars. One of our guys was able to find a similar shoe, so he wore those without leggings as he was working with kids on a slightly different project. Matt
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Post by excoastie on Feb 10, 2011 9:39:29 GMT -5
I LIKE IT!
Bravo Zulu to you all....
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Post by williegford on Feb 10, 2011 10:44:17 GMT -5
One photo showing the firing line on a rifle range gave us a really good closeup of, at least what we could translate as, black canvas athletic shoes similar to low top Converse All Stars. Matt Matt, What rifles did they have in that photo? '03s, P-17s? Bill
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Post by USCGBM1 on Feb 10, 2011 15:37:30 GMT -5
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Post by chaui71 on Feb 10, 2011 22:50:50 GMT -5
The photos in your book made me think that this was one of those that we had used, but I don't think it is. The book we did use is titled "Prints in the Sand". I think many of the photos served double duty.
That's where you'll find the photo of the firing line and the sneakers. If I had it with me I could tell you for sure what type of rifles they were firing. Unfortunately it's owned by a friend that lives four hours from me. From memory I want to say that is where I saw the 1917's as well.
You'll notice too in "Prints in the Sand" that not all of the dogs (initially) were German Shepherds. You'll see photos of Great Danes, hound dogs, scotties, etc. That's why we felt comfortable with our Lab and the Australian Shepherd.
Jim, your group looks awesome. We actually belong to the USS Batfish Living History group here in Oklahoma. It's nice to see someone else working on naval history.
One of the reasons that we were doing USCG in Oklahoma was that Fort Reno, just outside Oklahoma City, served as a remount station for most of the horses that went to the Gulf Coast and maybe west coast for the beach patrol. The dogs were trained in VA, OR, and maybe TN. We just decided on the dog version out of logistics. We may add the horse version in time, but there are some safety concerns, etc.
Thanks, Matt
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Post by gliderman on Feb 16, 2011 7:40:32 GMT -5
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Post by misdrop on Feb 16, 2011 8:01:45 GMT -5
They look to be Reising submachine guns, Bob Good Looking impressions, chaui71.
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Post by 29navy on Feb 16, 2011 8:06:45 GMT -5
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Post by gliderman on Feb 16, 2011 16:42:33 GMT -5
Huh. I learned something today! I've never even seen a Reising before. Interesting story.
Thanks!
Bob
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