Lets See Your Impressions!

[AF CIV MEDIC]

Here is one of myself and my buds, modern day.

[kken]

howdy fellas, it's been awhile. here's one of my recon element at a tactical in Louisiana back in april.

 

[AF CIV MEDIC]

Very Nice KKEN!

[MAEMT86]

Not the best shot, but I don't have ton of me in my kit, so this will do

 

I used to do Revolutionary War as a British Grenadier of the 10th Foot, but have been doing WW2 for a little over a year and a half now.

 

Private,

Baker Co, 1/104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Yankee Division

 

 

Holy god why is this picture so big?.... :w00t:

[MAEMT86]

Used a filter for this shot which I thought looked neat.

 

[Speedor]

N Co. 75th Rangers, around 1970.

[Corpl. Cleaver]

Okay guys,

 

Here is my first attempt at a Desert Shield/Storm impression. I would like some input from the guys who were there and see what they think.

 

At the time this is just a generic impression. When I have time I will finish it off as a Pvt. from the 1st Infantry Division.

 

Uniform:

6 color Shirt

6 color Trousers

Black web trouser belt

Jungle Boots

K-Pot with 6 color Cover and SDW goggles

6 color Boonie Cap (on pack)

 

Gear:

PASGT vest with 6 color cover

Pistol belt

Y suspenders

M-1961 buttpack

2 M-16 ammo pouches

2 1qt. Canteens in cases

2qt. canteen in case

Jungle 1st Aid Kit in case (on pack)

M-16 bayonet

1st aid pouch (on suspenders)

Leather pocket knife case (on suspenders)

Gasmask and bag (tied to pistol belt)

Flashlight (on pack)

Paracord (on pack)

Rain Poncho (on pack)

 

All of the above items are dated pre 1989 except for the 2qt canteen which is 1993 (my bro has my 1987 one)

 

Note: at this time the uniform is not for reenacting, it is only for display.

 

By the end of the summer I hope to have all the stuff for my ALICE ruck, I still need the shovle with case, 6 color cover for the ruck, sleeping bag and pup tent.

 

BIG thanks to 1stDivVet, the long talks with him imspired me to start putting this set-up together.

Fins, thanks for all the help, tips, stories and pics.

 

Comments? Questions? Input?

 

 

 

When I have time i may post my WW2 and Nam impressions. And if I get the items I need, maybe Korea.

 

Thanks,

Tyler Cleaver

[Strictly GI]

Okay guys,

 

Here is my first attempt at a Desert Shield/Storm impression. I would like some input from the guys who were there and see what they think.

.

 

Thanks,

Tyler Cleaver

 

Hey Tyler, your rig looks pretty good but a few changes you may want to consider. Nothing you've got there is really "wrong" these are just a few notes from experience. No doubt a million variations existed from one man to the next, from Marines to Army, and from orders to allowed preferrence.

Meaning that anything I say "we didn't do it that way" there may be some one who can say "we did" and vice versa.

 

First of all ditch the pocket knife on your "H Harness", it will get in the way of your buttstock and prevent well aimed rounds from going downrange. It's called a pocketknife for a reason.

 

(We still called it an "H Harness" even though its not really an "H" Harness anymore.)

 

Even though it was meant to go the way you have it rigged up, we usually attached the two rear clips of the "H Harness" directly to the belt, not to the top of the Buttpack. I seem to recall it that way anyway. Whatever works best for you on that one I guess.

Your belt is right where its supposed to be which means its up too high, let the straps down until your belt is almost at the bottom of your flak jacket. (PASGT vest to the army types.) Now take your first-aid kit off and open up the velcro closure on the back, close it around the rear strap of your H Harness so that its just above your buttpack. Thats where we wore it whenever we could.

 

Your flashlight and boonie cap (sun hat) are not going to be there when you want them. Take them off and stick them in your ALICE pack or buttpack. Or stuff them in your right cargo pocket. You should have a nutritious, delicious MRE in your left cargo pocket. Dark brown package, not the fancy tan ones with pogeybait and a heater inside. Turkey, Diced with Gravy was the best. Ham slice was good too.

 

Take the bayonet off your belt and attach it to the side of your buttpack using the eyelets on the flap and the tab on the side. Wrap the lower gasmask strap around your thigh or the stupid thing will flop all over the place when you doubletime and beat the hell out of your leg.

 

Last notes, those ammo pouches truly sucked. If you go prone they will be right in your gut. It's uncomfortable, it messes up your dope (ability to sight your weapon) and it makes it hard to get to your magazines, which defeats the whole purpose they exist in the first place. We usually left our belts open when we could and just let the suspenders hold everything in place.

 

You might add the little green hood that came with the sleeping bag under your helmet, we wore them alot even when it was hotter than ___.

 

I never had a 2 qt canteen so I can't say much about that except that if I could get away with it, I would have jut looped the strap over my belt and let it hang down behind me.

 

One more note: I noticed that your MX-991\U flashlight is the Vietnam era type with no guards alongside the switch. Stick that back with your 'nam stuff and get the newer type. Oh yeah, and get a haircut.

[Corpl. Cleaver]

GI,

 

Thanks for the info.

 

There is a seperate page about my impressions here

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...mp;#entry578695

 

I have made most of the changes that you mentioned since the photos were taken.

Good point about the flashlight, but if it wasn't there I knew someone would say "You need to get a flashlight" the boonie is tied on there.

 

Also, I had just gotten a hair cut afew days before. I am a WWII reenactor, so I keep my hair longer that the army allowed at the time of DS. Right now this is just a side project, so I haven't put as much time into it as I need to.

 

Tyler

[Captainofthe7th]

Here's a shot from my latest event. I am on the right. This should be a 1943 Italian campaign impression...but I am wearing double buckles. This was shortly after we 'overran' the German trenches.

 

 

Rob

[MAEMT86]

Here's a shot from my latest event. I am on the right. This should be a 1943 Italian campaign impression...but I am wearing double buckles. This was shortly after we 'overran' the German trenches.

 

 

Rob

 

That from Windsor?

[Captainofthe7th]

That from Windsor?

 

Indeed it is! When will I get to see you at an event?? Maybe we'll have a better chance meeting up in Boston.

 

Rob

[MAEMT86]

Indeed it is! When will I get to see you at an event?? Maybe we'll have a better chance meeting up in Boston.

 

Rob

 

I should be at most of the New England events from here on out that the YD will be at, and plan on going to the Gap in January.

[2ndID]

Impression: Pvt. Medic, I & R Platoon, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Battle for Brest, France, July 1944-Early September, 1944.

 

Original Photos:

 

These are pictures of the 2nd Infantry from D-Day to May 1945. Some are from the Battle for Brest.

 

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...56b_landing.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...eres-france.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...dbeachscene.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...2ndengineer.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI.../2ndupbeach.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI..._-_Brest_01.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI..._-_Brest_05.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI..._Lorient_01.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...321/Brest44.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...20-2dinfdiv.png

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...G-3-Section.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...ol_2id_1944.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...t321/medics.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...ilbert_NARA.gif

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...sionWWII2-1.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...1/tankditch.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...1/townmarch.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI.../wwii_medic.jpg

 

 

 

My Impression Photographs:

 

Front Side:

 

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...pg?t=1280437209

 

Right Side:

 

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...pg?t=1280437272

 

Left Side:

 

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...pg?t=1280437320

 

Back:

 

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/WWI...pg?t=1280437356

 

 

Impression photos were taken in front of my grandpas garage, next time I'll go to a local forest that has some similarity's with France...

 

 

Headgear:

 

-M1 Helmet, Westinghouse Liner, OD #7 1 Inch Net

 

Uniform:

 

-2nd Pattern HBT Jacket, Special (At The Front)

-2nd Pattern HBT Trousers, Special (At The Front)

-M-1942 Wool Shirt (Original)

-M-1937 Wool Trousers (Original, under HBT Trousers, tucked into leggings)

-Undershirt, Cotton Summer, Sleeveless, OD (At The Front)

-US Boxer Shorts (WWII Imp.)

 

Footwear:

 

-Shoes, Service, Reverse Uppers, Composition Sole (At The Front)

-Transitional, Dismounted, M-1938 Leggings (Original)

-Socks (Original)

 

Field Gear:

 

-M-1912 Pistol Belt (Original)

-M-1942 First Aid Pouch and M-1943 Waxed Cardboard Bandage (Original)

-M-1943 Entrenching Tool and Transitional Cover (Original)

-2 M-1910 Canteens (1 Steel Top, one Bakelite) (Original)

-2 M-1910 Canteen Cups (Original)

-1 M-1910 Canteen Cover, and 1 M-1944 British Made Canteen Cover

-Medic Bag and Map Case Strap (Original)

 

In Medic Bag:

 

-4 Bandage, Gauze, Compressed, White, 3-Inch by 6 Yards, 72

-5 Dressing, First-Aid, Small, White

-6 Sulfanilamide, Crystalline, 5, 5-Gm Envelopes

-1 Tourniquet, Field

-1 Scissors, Bandage

-2 Packs of Pin, Safety, Medium

-2 Bandage, Triangular, Compressed, White

-1 Burn Injury Set, Boric Acid Ointment

-Kit Component, Insert, Type I

-1 Emergency Medical Tag Booklet and 1 Pencil, Lead

 

In both HBT Jacket Pockets:

 

-Razor, with spare blades

-Soap Bar

-GI Spoon

-2 D-Ration Bars

-Match Book

-Washcloth

 

Do note that my M-1928 Haversack (which contained the rest of my personal items and rations) was left at Regimental Headquarters, and this Impression is representing very minimal gear for a short I & R patrol.

 

Criticism is welcome.

 

Thank you,

 

-Michael

[bratwurstdimsum]

Hi there, my old impression - Wehrmacht, in the process of changing over to USMC

[bratwurstdimsum]

Hi there, my old impression - Wehrmacht, in the process of changing over to USMC

[PvtTamura]

Hanging out with a few forum members at Fort MacArthur 2010, and borrowing their stuff.

 

I don't even know what all the stuff I was wearing even was.

To my knowledge, only the underwear, socks and the borrowed CAR15 airsoft were not original.

Next time, the parents are dropping me off in the morning and picking me up at night though :ermm:

 

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[teekay44]

USMC Bougainville November 1943

 

[FoxholeTom]

This is me at a Korean War display in 2008, portraying a member of 2nd ID in the fall of 1951, Korea.

[2ndID]

This is me at a Korean War display in 2008, portraying a member of 2nd ID in the fall of 1951, Korea.

 

 

Good 2nd ID impression.

[tsakers85]

Federal Infantry

 

[sigsaye]

 

Federal Sailor, 1863 on the banks of the Ohio River on the Kentucky side. Uniform is denim which was commonly made and worn by Sailors fo the time for every day wear in warm climates. Slouch hats were also commonly worn by river Sailors. All is reproduction except watch chain. Uniform, undershirt, drawers and hand embroidered petty Officer badge made by me.

Steve Hesson

[USMCRECON]

Hi there, my old impression - Wehrmacht, in the process of changing over to USMC

 

I thought this was a US-only Forum?

[USMCRECON]

Last time I looked, Wehrmacht stuff was German, not US? Last I heard the forum was for US only....period.

 

Has the Forum now been expanded to include non-US stuff?

 

I've got a bunch of NVA, Brit, German, French, and other uniforms, decs, and such. Would someone let me know?

 

I'm not specifically picking on this poster. I've understood that this Forum is limited to US subjects but have frequently see non-US posts, most often in this subject area.

 

Perhaps I'm just confused about the the Forum rules regarding a prohibition on non-US related posts; I'd also like to see some continuity in application of the Forum rules across the board.

 

I'd like for someone in a position of authority over the entire Forum to please clarify the rules; Is it limited to posts on US-only subjects? If not, I'd like to know exactly what non-US subject matter is and is not allowed on the Forum.

 

Thank you.

[USMCRECON]

 

Federal Sailor, 1863 on the banks of the Ohio River on the Kentucky side. Uniform is denim which was commonly made and worn by Sailors fo the time for every day wear in warm climates. Slouch hats were also commonly worn by river Sailors. All is reproduction except watch chain. Uniform, undershirt, drawers and hand embroidered petty Officer badge made by me.

Steve Hesson

 

Nice work Steve!!