Marine wearing cargo net on helmet Marshall Islands

[MAS36]

 

a wounded Marine gets help after combat in Eniwetok , Marshall Islands

 

notice his M1 hemet has the 2" sized cargo net

[Greg Robinson]

I can't tell if he's wounded or just exhausted after climbing up a net out of a landing craft. Having done that myself I can tell you that it's a tiring climb up those nets with helmet on and carrying gear.

 

A few Marines wore those helmet nets. General Holland "Howling Mad" Smith is often seen wearing them but he usually wears the nets with a smaller pattern.

 

Greg

[alibi]

The original cutline on this image was that the Marine had been in combat a number of days and not that he was wounded. The image was taken by a Coast Guard Photographer and the sailors assisting the Marine were Coast Guardsmen.

[Bagman]

Here's a photo taken off of eBay which is supposedly captioned as having been taken on Tarawa. This Marine is wearing a standard camo helmet cover with a piece of camouflage (not CARGO) netting over that. This practice wasn't all that uncommon.

 

Also, it appears that the Marinre being helped over the side may be wearing a Mills belt.

 

[ccmax]

Is it a camo cover or a burlap covered helmet?

[Bagman]

Is it a camo cover or a burlap covered helmet?

Looking at a blow up view, you could very well be correct. It DOES look like burlap. Good eyes!

[Bagman]

Looked at with fresh eyes this morning, I'm going back to my original assessment. The Marine lying in the sand IS wearing a camouflage helmet cover under the netting. There is a bunch of sand and other crud stuck to the very dirty cover , but if you look around the rim of the helmet, you can clearly make out the spots on the camo cover.

[craig_pickrall]

In the first pic it appears that is two Marines helping the third Marine over the rail. They are wearing P41 HBT utilities.