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. As I look at this close I am pretty sure this is just a canteen for water. The guy carrying it is also carrying a pistol but I see no other canteen in him ( unlike the others. The man in the center is a Radio Electrician and appears to be holding a cool of wire. Two rated men ( the CPO and the guy on the left) wear their rates on the right (can't make the rate out, but prior to 1918, QMs were last the Signalmen). This would make sense for a croup going ashore to set up a CommSta. The Sailor left center appears to be holding something round, but can not make it out.

 

Any way, thinking the canteen is simply a canteen for water.

I think that is a fuel canteen. It is very similar to the Civil War fuel canteens that were used for signal lanterns.

 

Chris

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From my photo archive

 

USMC Captain instructing sailors armed with springfields and BAR's aboard USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) WWII

 

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Reverse with censor's stamp

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From my photo archive

 

USMC Captain instructing sailors armed with springfields and BAR's aboard USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) WWII

 

He must be the Enterprise's Detachment Commander, these were Captains right?

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On 3/21/2013 at 10:43 AM, vostoktrading said:

Another interesting photo of a sailor on land. This is Manila in December 1941. I can't make out what is written on his tin hat.

 

Just watched a new show put together for the 75th observance of the Pearl Harbor attack and this photo was identified as being taken in Honolulu shortly after the attack.

 

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Needs more research..... Manila? Honolulu?

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Seen mention early on in this topic about the Landing Party from the 1975 film the Wind & The Lion, so went looking and found this still, a nice one with the 1895 Colt Machine Gun.

 

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Great photos of landing parties here and in other threads. It seems in the 1920s-1930s, in China for example, that wear of undress blues and undress whites, with web equipment and sometimes tin hat, was the most common uniform of the day. I've noticed in several period photos the wear of blues or whites without any apparent insignia -- no ratings badges on sleeves or branch tape at the shoulder, service stripes, etc. Was this common in China and other postings -- landing party or shipboard duty? I know trops were typically worn without insignia, except maybe pin-on collar badges for officers, but jumpers?

 

For example, check out the Coasties in Photo #135 above. The one jumping ashore over the stbd bow has no apparent insignia, and it appears unlikely this is a basic training exercise given the others that do show rating badges or branch tape.

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. As I look at this close I am pretty sure this is just a canteen for water. The guy carrying it is also carrying a pistol but I see no other canteen in him ( unlike the others. The man in the center is a Radio Electrician and appears to be holding a cool of wire. Two rated men ( the CPO and the guy on the left) wear their rates on the right (can't make the rate out, but prior to 1918, QMs were last the Signalmen). This would make sense for a croup going ashore to set up a CommSta. The Sailor left center appears to be holding something round, but can not make it out.

 

Any way, thinking the canteen is simply a canteen for water.

I am pretty sure this is a fuel canteen. Here are examples of Civil War signal Corp fuel canteens.

 

 

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vostoktrading

I think that is a fuel canteen. It is very similar to the Civil War fuel canteens that were used for signal lanterns.

 

Chris

 

Chris, You nailed it.

In this day & age we forget about mundane things such as lanterns needing fuel.

 

Jon.

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Found this other still from The Sand Pebbles, the scene at the Consulate at Chansha to pick up those U.S. Missionaries, and after where the Party is made to leave at sling arms and under nationalist army escourt and is pelleted by food and junk when marching back to the ship :D

 

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Hey I just remembered that the U.S. Coast Guard  undertook a few landings off cutters on Greenland to look for German weather stations, German Navy and or German Air Force personnel along with civilian (NSDAP) meteorologists ran these I think.

 

Here's one such Landing Party, Cutter unknown. they're armed with M1 Rifles, (A Site where you can't save images)

 

https://www.ww2online.org/image/us-coast-guard-combat-cutter-greenland-during-world-war-ii

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12 hours ago, patches said:

Hey I just remembered that the U.S. Coast Guard  undertook a few landings off cutters on Greenland to look for German weather stations, German Navy and or German Air Force personnel along with civilian (NSDAP) meteorologists ran these I think.

 

Here's one such Landing Party, Cutter unknown. they're armed with M1 Rifles, (A Site where you can't save images)

 

https://www.ww2online.org/image/us-coast-guard-combat-cutter-greenland-during-world-war-ii

Here you go. You can do a "screen capture", then edit accordingly.

 

500.Photograph. 'File No. 2978 Coast Guard hits rugged Greenland coast in hunt for Nazi weather station-- From a Coast Guard Combat Cutter, a landing party leaves its small boat to hit the rocky coast of western Greenland in a preliminary action which led to ultimate liquidation of German weather installations and ships operating in the icy fastnesses of the Far North. The Coast Guardsmen go in armed for battle and trained in commando tactics. In the foreground, left to right: Coast Guardsman Allen J. Elmergreen, seaman first class (with gun) of 1166 Robinwood Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio; Walter D. Harris, a yeoman second class, of Jackson, Miss.[Mississippi]; Ray Pritchard, seaman first class, of Isabella, Tenn.[Tennessee]; and George English, motor machinist's mate second class (back to camera) of 150 Oxford Avenue, Haverhill, Mass.[Massachusetts]' No date.

 

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One Walter Stedronsky U.S.Navy, WWII, wearing Navy work uniform of some type, the pants look like dungarees, so maybe the coat is too, but note he is equip with Steel Helmet and Infantry Web Gear, Ammo Bandolier, Leggings, and P17 Enfield Rifle, and what looks like a Navy Blue satchel, a Gas Mask??. Do not know the circumstances of this, or where it was taken, but he's equip as if he would be on a Landing Party.  Stedronsky, says he was a Gunner, ship not mentioned, that sailed the Murmansk Runs.

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I believe what you are seeing is a bag that includes the pneumatic life preserver belt. A common application in lieu of actually wearing the belt. You will discover a variety of bag materials and carrying applications. Here is one such application as a shoulder bag. With sometime I could scrounge up some more examples but this was the first I came upon.

 

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here is one I remembered where it was located, another example. A pouch made from a sail cloth with life preserver light (left hip). Carrying it this way was a little less cumbersome but at immediate disposal in case of emergency. You can see the cumbersome or gangly nature of the manually inflated type being worn by one sailor loading ammunition belts. 

 

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Getting back to photos of actual Naval Landing Parties...

 

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1914 Vera Cruz - USS MICHIGAN (BB-27)  On 14 February, she left the port for a short voyage to Guacanayabo Bay, Cuba, and was back in Hampton Roads by 19 March. Michigan began a third cruise to Mexico on 16 April to support the United States occupation of Veracruz. She reached the city on 22 April and landed a battalion of Marines as part of the occupation force. The ship then patrolled the coast before departing for the United States on 20 June.

 

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From Navsource - 1910

 

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From Navsource - USS MICHIGAN quarterdeck 1910

 

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From Navsource - Rifle and field gun practice on board Michigan (BB-27).  USN photo # LC-USZ62-49081, courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy  Landing party firing practice, April 1914

 

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Original RPPC Detail

 

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Original RPPC detail

 

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Original RPPC detail

 

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Original RPPC April 1914 Vera Cruz, Mexico

 

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Chief Gunner's Mate Louis F. Boswell on USS MICHIGAN (BB-27) off Vera Cruz, preparing to disembark with the ship's landing party, 22 April 1914. He was killed by Mexican small arms fire at 8 pm that evening. Note his uniform, CPO "whites" dyed for camouflage, and a blue cap.

 

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Original RPPC USS MICHIGAN (BB-27) April 1914

 

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RPPC detail

 

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Veracruz Intervention, April 1914. Sanitary Squad from USS Michigan (Battleship #27). George Grantham Bain Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/05/27).

 

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USS MICHIGAN (BB-27) Landing Party, Vera Cruz, Mexico April 1914, Library of Congress

 

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Original RPPC detail

 

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Original RPPC detail

 

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Original RPPC detail USS MICHIGAN machine gun crew - notice the swabbie who made a 'duck hunter' hat from his white hat

 

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Original RPPC detail

 

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The familiar photo of a USS MICHIGAN  machine gun crew

 

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From Navsource - U.S. blue jackets with 3 inch field piece from Michigan (BB-27) guarding the Government building at Veracruz during the 1914 Mexican Revolution.  Same building in the following RPPC, USS MICHIGAN machine gun crew, April 1914 Vera Cruz, Mexico.

 

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There ya go, USS MICHIGAN (BB-27) Vera Cruz, Mexico April 1914

 

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Sailors training for ground combat in 1912, location Shanghai, believe the weapons their training with are this obscure light machine gun called the Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié, a French one, that we used, and made as well, Springfield and Colt made some, wasn't standard with us, it was a bomb. 

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And a group of Blue Jackets off Vera Cruz 1914 getting ready to embark for shore or just retuned shipboard, they are of USS South Carolina BB-26, they are wearing what, Marine Khakis??? Dyed caps for sure.

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14 hours ago, patches said:

Sailors training for ground combat in 1912, location Shanghai, believe the weapons their training with are this obscure light machine gun called the Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié, a French one, that we used, and made as well, Springfield and Colt made some, wasn't standard with us, it was a bomb. 

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From our Fabulous Forum - 1909 Benet-Mercie Machine Rifle Video and shown in use with the 1st Infantry Regiment, Hawaiian Department (scroll down after video post)

 

Nice addition to the topic Patches

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