USMCRECON Posted June 17, 2009 Share #226 Posted June 17, 2009 Hello!!! What is the meaning of Spade cards?? Kills?? It depends on what Spade card you're talking about. We did have Ace of spades cards that were issued as part of a Psyops kit along with other leaflets and such. These were rather flimsy paper with a Spade face card on one side (there was a white skull & crossbones inside the large center spade). The back was a cross-hatch pattern of black lines with Vietnamese writing that meant something like "rally to the government or die" or something to that effect. One of these was left with the corpse of any enemy we killed in the field. I have a couple in my sea bag somewhere but, as I said, they were very flimsy paper and disintegrated easily. The Spade card I believe you're talking about, and the one I was referring to in my earlier post, was a purely unofficial Recon Team Grim Reaper morale item. They were regular cards of the Spade suite from a standard deck of Bicycle cards. Each member of the patrol was given a particular number card. The patrol leader, naturally, got the ace. The assistant patrol leader got the King. I don't remember the Queen being used but the Corpsman got the Jack and the radio humper (if I remember correctly) got the Joker. The rest of us got whatever number we wanted from what was left. I happened to get the 7 of Spades as mine. We taped the card to the stock of our weapon and we continued that practice for several months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capazo Posted June 18, 2009 Share #227 Posted June 18, 2009 Interesting curiosity!!! Thank you for post it USMCRECON!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.T. Posted June 18, 2009 Share #228 Posted June 18, 2009 Hi Gang! I'm pretty stoked... I was talking to my son about maybe getting him interested in reenacting so I could spend a little time with the Spud, but he was a little indifferent... that is, until I had him at least try on some of my other impression. Granted, the goat will have to go, but when he saw the pictures, it really set the hook and now he wants to join the unit. I've got him set up here as a Glider Rider with the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR), 82nd ABN DIV. HBTs, M1 Helmet with net, M1923 Cartridge belt and M1928 haversack with T handled shovel. LEt me know what you think. Wayne No doubt, the kid (sorry) young man looks good, almost too good. Without having to say, roll around in the dirt a little bit, have mom cook wash your HBTs, party hearty about three days straight, to give you that "burn out" look. The goatee, I understand, I've always had a nice sized mustache, but for a ww-2 Impression a No-Go, my wife & daughter made me shave mine off , Vietnam Impression is another story. Here in Europe you'll see alot of Reenactors with goatees and full beards, fine for European military Reenactors, meaning European Armed Forces, but not the ww-2 US Armed Forces, except maybe for that 3-4 day beard. Hope that helped a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpguy80/08 Posted June 19, 2009 Share #229 Posted June 19, 2009 The HBTs have been washed twice now since the pics were taken so the color has softened a bit. The -28 pack, canteen first aid pouch, leggings, bayo and helmet are all original. The cartridge belt, roughouts, and T handle shovel are repro. Believe it or not, my son will be 22 on the 30th... We'll have a good chance to get the HBTs and my 42s dirty next weekend. My unit is having local training at Fort Ben, so we should have quite the look on Sunday morning. I'll post more pictures here after the event. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted June 20, 2009 Share #230 Posted June 20, 2009 Move the flashlight off of your suspender straps, it's not worth the aggravation of having it there all the time. It's mainly an early war and "hollywood" thing to have one there anyway. If you havent done so already, put a red filter on the lens so it wont ruin your night vision. Obviously you've never been in the military. In Many of the units that I have been in it was SOP to have an angled neck flashlight on the suspender straps (before I got a IBA). I 550 corded mine to my suspender straps to keep it from flopping around. As an NCO he would probably have a map, and he would need to have a flashlight with a red lense so he can read the red-light readable map. Using a white light flashlight sticks out like a barn on fire, and so does using a zippo. Under Ideal circumstances the cherry of a cigarette can be seen two miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpguy80/08 Posted June 20, 2009 Share #231 Posted June 20, 2009 Obviously you've never been in the military. In Many of the units that I have been in it was SOP to have an angled neck flashlight on the suspender straps (before I got a IBA). I 550 corded mine to my suspender straps to keep it from flopping around. As an NCO he would probably have a map, and he would need to have a flashlight with a red lense so he can read the red-light readable map. Using a white light flashlight sticks out like a barn on fire, and so does using a zippo. Under Ideal circumstances the cherry of a cigarette can be seen two miles away. I used the boot blousing rubbers just below the angle and just above the seam at the battery compartment to hold my flashlight onto my LBE/LBV. I cant remember when exactly, but we began using the blue filter with the white opaque filter behind it to dim it down in the mid 90s. The phrase "Red Light Kills" became a catch word in my unit. In night combat, any light no matter how dim can attract attention. Towards the late 90s, they started issuing the infra red chemlights... no visible light at all... but through night vision... Clear as day. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmiraldi67 Posted June 21, 2009 Share #232 Posted June 21, 2009 Some pics from recent photoshoot:camp strike force, 1969 Very Nice Speeder!!! you guys look really good!!!! A+++ Heres one of our early 1965 A Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmiraldi67 Posted June 21, 2009 Share #233 Posted June 21, 2009 heeres a photo of a Ranger Heavy Team we did back in 2000 circa 1970 p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJMoore Posted June 21, 2009 Share #234 Posted June 21, 2009 Sorry.....the dirty picture didn't load on the past post. Here it is. Hey USMCRECON, Thank you very much for your pictures and you thoughs about my impression. I think i will have a bit of "fun" in the mud, to looks mor authentic... Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark headlee Posted June 22, 2009 Share #235 Posted June 22, 2009 Here is a photo of the US infantry timeline impression (1776-2009) we do here in Colorado. Our group is The Association of Living History: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake_E Posted June 22, 2009 Share #236 Posted June 22, 2009 Great shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meatcan Posted June 22, 2009 Share #237 Posted June 22, 2009 Mark - that is an awesome lineup of uniforms! :thumbsup: Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark headlee Posted June 22, 2009 Share #238 Posted June 22, 2009 Fellas, I'm sorry I forgot to state the different impressions we did that weekend (from L to R) Rev. War US Line Infantry, US Civil War (Union) Infantry, US 1st Colorado: Spanish American War, US AEF, 89th Division from Colorado (thats me), US Marine WWII Pacific theater, US Infantry Korea, US 101st Airborne Vietnam, US Army 101st : Desert Storm (his real service uniform), and US Army 101st, Iraq and Afganistan (his real service uniform, he's active duty) Usually (but not present that weekend) we also field US Infantry War of 1812 and US Infantry Mexican - American War (1847) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted June 23, 2009 Share #239 Posted June 23, 2009 With the threat of rain at a two-day air show my group displays at over the past weekend, most of us cut back our displays the second day just in case stuff would get wet. Here was my abridged War Correspondent impression with vehicle. I can’t get over how freakishly large I look in this photo! :think: And this is the inside of the Jeep at the time… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmiraldi67 Posted June 24, 2009 Share #240 Posted June 24, 2009 heres a photo of our 25th ID impression 27th Infantry circa 1966 we did about 15 years ago thanks paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted June 24, 2009 Share #241 Posted June 24, 2009 heeres a photo of a Ranger Heavy Team we did back in 2000 circa 1970 p I see Neil from England with m60 on photo??? Cheers, JK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bone Posted June 24, 2009 Share #242 Posted June 24, 2009 That is really an amazing impression, I have seen others try and look... But you have pulled it off. Was this the Collector's Club Show? Timo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aips Posted June 25, 2009 Share #243 Posted June 25, 2009 heeres a photo of a Ranger Heavy Team we did back in 2000 circa 1970 p thats a classic. a lot of them lads are from the a.i.p.s and are still in it today i guess this was at the war and peace show ,kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjoshman Posted June 25, 2009 Share #244 Posted June 25, 2009 Impression: I co. 511th PIR, 11th Abn Div Luzon, Philippines Equipment: 2nd Pattern HBT Uniform(Shirt-Org, Pants-ATF) M1943 Combat Boots(ATF) White T-Shirt(Repro) M2 Helmet(JMurray) M1923 Cartridge Belt(Org) M1910 Canteen and Covers(Org) M1943 E-Tool(ATF) Jungle FAP(Org) M1924 FAP(Org) M1 Rifle Bandoleer(WPG) Weapons: M3 Knife with M8 Scabbard(Knife-WPG, Scabbard-Org) M1905E5 Bayonet(Org) M1 Rifle Mk2 Hand Grenades Original Footage: Website on the 11th Abn: http://sites.google.com/site/seans11thairborne/ Things I need to Add: M1936 Musette Bag and suspenders, I don't have it in the picture because I didn't have all the correct as of yet but when I do get the correct contents I will redo the pics Things I'm considering Changing: M1943 Combat boots for M1942 Paratrooper boots, after reexamining the photos it appears the M1942 Paratrooper boots might be the most common of the two in the 511th PIR. -Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpl. Cleaver Posted June 25, 2009 Share #245 Posted June 25, 2009 CHICKEN IN A SACK!!! What are you doing on here Josh?? Yet again, another great impression, good job. Jim would be proud. Cleaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmiraldi67 Posted June 25, 2009 Share #246 Posted June 25, 2009 thats a classic. a lot of them lads are from the a.i.p.s and are still in it todayi guess this was at the war and peace show ,kent Yea that was War and Peace circa 2000 Alex Allen, Neil and the lot!!! was the best time I ever had with my clothes on!!!! You guys do a GREAT JOB!! hoping to get over for 2010 show love to get in contact with some of those guys!!! thanks paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted June 25, 2009 Share #247 Posted June 25, 2009 Josh, On your latest impression, which looks great by the way, as always. My only advice is moving that shovel elsewhere, ever try running with a shovel over the front of your leg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortworthgal Posted June 25, 2009 Share #248 Posted June 25, 2009 Um, how many pictures can I put in one post? LOL. Here are a few of mine: Army Nurse Corps: WAC: WASP: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortworthgal Posted June 25, 2009 Share #249 Posted June 25, 2009 And, a few more... American Red Cross with the Army kitchen truck: 40s civilians at a Hangar Dance, held at the WASP Museum at Avenger Field (I'm center, red dress): Navy WAVES with a Marine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjoshman Posted June 25, 2009 Share #250 Posted June 25, 2009 My only advice is moving that shovel elsewhere, ever try running with a shovel over the front of your leg? It looks like that it is on the front of my leg in the pictures because my M1 is pushing it like that but when the rifle is not slung it lays on perfectly on the side of my leg. I am though going to tuck it under the flap of my Musette for the reason I just don't want it on me with my light combat load. -Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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