Late '44 101st 506th 2nd Battalion S-2

[flyinghalfback]

Update*

Found an almost mint condition 1935 Remington Rand Noiseless Typewriter. Now I just need a cork-board, chalk board and easel. Oh and a box to make sand tables with.

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This impression is turning out to be pretty fun.

[doc101]

Sweet rat-a-tat!

[flyinghalfback]

Here's a couple of pictures out in the field from an event from the other weekend.

i.imgur.com/1jIbs1W.jpg

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[jumpgrunt]

May 3, 2013 14:47:48 GMT -5 flyinghalfback said:

Here's a couple of pictures out in the field from an event from the other weekend.

i.imgur.com/1jIbs1W.jpg

i.imgur.com/alAGa2K.jpg

Greetings all. I tried the search function using a few different combos, with no luck so here I am asking...

Any Easy 506 groups on Long Island?  Terrific site, thanks.

[cavalry1938]

flyinghalfback wrote:

"I was just joking around. On the subject of cigarettes though I was bummed to see that Camel finally changed the packaging for their unfiltered cigarettes. I can't find Lucky's either, I'm assuming there's some place online though?

Read more: ww2reenactors.proboards.com/thread/42677/late-101st-506th-2nd-battalion#ixzz2ghGjq3v1"

One option for cigarettes might be to buy modern filtered cigarettes and, using a razor blade, cut off the filter and re-package the smokes in a reproduction wrapper. If you did not plan to smoke them, you could purchase the least expensive brand.

I *think* that Marlboro stills sells unfiltered cigarettes.

Here's a Camel wrapper that is available for free: www.hardscrabblefarm.com/ww2/paper_list.htm

For late war cigarettes (I'm not certain exactly when this change occurred), the inner wrapper (the foil wrapper part used today and on pre-war smokes) was a kraft colored paper rather than metal foil. I've found that the kraft-colored paper, sold in a roll form about 9 inches long, that is used for interior house painting is a nice, thin paper that works well. I think this paper is readily available at most US hardware stores and home improvement stores.

The best example of this type/color of wrapping can be found in James B. Kloner's book "Individual Gear and Personal Items of the GI In Europe: 1942 - 1945" ISBN 0-7546-2160-9. See pages 164 to 171 and especially page 166.

[william03]

Apr 11, 2013 23:00:14 GMT -5 flyinghalfback said:

Apr 11, 2013 21:49:55 GMT -5 Lehotsky said:

Only reason I said that was because you had your web gear on. In the field is the only time you're really wearing that, never in behind the lines. But even at a desk, you're not going to ditch your cigarettes and lighter or other personal items.

I was just joking around. On the subject of cigarettes though I was bummed to see that Camel finally changed the packaging for their unfiltered cigarettes. I can't find Lucky's either, I'm assuming there's some place online though?

Local tobacco store sells Luckies but they're close to $8 a pack.