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Post by ukrianedaddy on Feb 13, 2012 13:05:37 GMT -5
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Erik
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Post by Erik on Feb 13, 2012 13:56:50 GMT -5
Those are some amazing photos. Very high quality
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Post by ericbruce25 on Feb 13, 2012 15:30:01 GMT -5
Those are amazing. Hard to believe after all this time there is still "new" pictures to be seen.
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HQ327
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Post by HQ327 on Feb 13, 2012 20:14:20 GMT -5
WWI mess kit?
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Post by hall on Feb 14, 2012 4:21:28 GMT -5
Sure looks like one, not unusual early on in the war, but would think that by mid-44, at least they would be eating out of WWII dated ones.
Gonna go find a WWI mess kit now.
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Post by bargunner1942 on Feb 14, 2012 7:17:49 GMT -5
M1941 reinforced canteen in first pic?
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Post by 24thForward on Feb 14, 2012 20:25:52 GMT -5
M1941 reinforced canteen in first pic? Yep Also very few leather liner straps on the helmets. |
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Post by williegford on Feb 15, 2012 15:59:22 GMT -5
M1941 reinforced canteen in first pic? Yep Also very few leather liner straps on the helmets. I'm not sure I agree with that. In the first photo, the two main subjects definitely don't have the leather chin straps. The next photo down from that (one guy eating) I can't tell if the strap is tucked up under the steel shell. For the rest of the photos you either can't tell (the subjects are too far away, i.e. the column marching) or it appears as though it's at least split. It also shows some very nice examples of WWII haircuts. Notice the varying lengths on top but tapered on the sides and back. Bill |
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pumpkin2up
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Post by pumpkin2up on Feb 17, 2012 7:29:31 GMT -5
I enjoy the fact that I don't see any insignia, other than rank, in these photos. NONE on the shirts! Also the haircuts, tapered on the back and sides. While there might be a lot of hair on top... the back and sides are trimmed close and neat.
Sometimes as reenactors, we go overboard on patches and these photos clearly show a noticeable lack of patches. I also like the WW1 mess kit being used in 1944. That is not far off the mark as when I PCS'ed to Korea in 2003, I was issued a 1944 dated mess kit as part of my TA-50 in country... I was an E7 at the time.
cheers,
Stephen
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Post by dreamer42 on May 18, 2012 11:59:17 GMT -5
It is my understanding that GIs did not put patches on HBTs. That they were usually saved for the ODs, if even then, during the war on the front. That may explain the lack of patches on their uniforms.
Jay Reid
Dreamer42
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