easterneagle87 Posted November 18, 2020 Share #51 Posted November 18, 2020 Great postings! I put a couple photos up years ago a couple of years ago. I'll re-dig them out and re-post. Great memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted December 14, 2020 Share #52 Posted December 14, 2020 My brother with what looks like a kids helmet and our neighbor in front of his house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share #53 Posted March 9, 2021 The Ultimate Thrill, Though highly unlikely he was allowed to Play Army with it Yes that's a real Brigadier General's Steel Helmet, it is the helmet of Brigadier General Charles Keerans, the ill fated Assistant Divisional Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division who was Posted Missing on Sicily. Helmet is being worn by his Son Donald, probably the exact same helmet he wore in the Invasion of Sicily, it just hasn't received the Camo job yet (many of the AA Division Staff had their helmets done up in a unique camouflage pattern). So photo has to taken at Camp Claiborne Louisiana some time in late 1942 early 1943 before the 82nd ships out to Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted March 9, 2021 Share #54 Posted March 9, 2021 Looks like a Hawley liner also. Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted March 9, 2021 Share #55 Posted March 9, 2021 We used to buy all sorts of WWII militaria at Ladd´s surplus store in Fairmont MN as a kid in the 1960s to play army with; why bother with other stuff when you could play with real material. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share #56 Posted March 10, 2021 12 hours ago, BILL THE PATCH said: Looks like a Hawley liner also. Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Yes and notice too he's wearing a M1910 Pack, his beaming countenance says it all, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted March 10, 2021 Share #57 Posted March 10, 2021 My brother again, this time I'm with him wearing the kids helmet. Parris rifles, canteens, mess kits, and a home made tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share #58 Posted March 10, 2021 39 minutes ago, 12thengr said: My brother again, this time I'm with him wearing the kids helmet. Parris rifles, canteens, mess kits, and a home made tank! The Tank or Self Propped Anti Tank Gun looks pretty Potent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share #59 Posted December 15, 2022 A 1943 photo in Detroit Michigan of members of an youth organization called the Junior Commandos, can't really find anything on it, as it has no Wiki. Toy Tin Hats and what looks like solid Wood Rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share #60 Posted December 15, 2022 Little Orphan Annie in The Junior Commandos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GITom1944 Posted December 15, 2022 Share #61 Posted December 15, 2022 I'd never heard of the Junior Commandos but I did a little digging... They were kids who volunteered to collect scrap materials for the war effort. In the Fall of 1943, ads started appearing for Junior Commando helmets. I don't think these were linked to the scrap collecting drive. They just shared the name. These must be the "toy" Hawleys we've all seen at one time or another. This ad is from Loeser's Department Store in Brooklyn, NY. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted December 15, 2022 Share #62 Posted December 15, 2022 Here is a 8mm film still of me wearing one when I was maybe 13-14. Making one of several "war movies". Got the belts of m60 blanks from my brother who was an Army Medic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted December 15, 2022 Share #63 Posted December 15, 2022 I guess I grew up in what could be a rough neighbor hood at times, there were many rock throwing fights across the creek, I wore either a M1917 helmet or the old Texaco Fire Chief helmet, I'm sure some of you remember those. It offered more protection to your neck. I remember a few direct hits dinging into my helmet. The stuff kids do... these later turned into BB gun fights, Yeah I took a few hits too. Lucky I still have my eyes. Duh I look back and can laugh now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 16, 2022 Share #64 Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, 268th C.A. said: I guess I grew up in what could be a rough neighbor hood at times, there were many rock throwing fights across the creek, I wore either a M1917 helmet or the old Texaco Fire Chief helmet, I'm sure some of you remember those. It offered more protection to your neck. I remember a few direct hits dinging into my helmet. The stuff kids do... these later turned into BB gun fights, Yeah I took a few hits too. Lucky I still have my eyes. Duh I look back and can laugh now.. Got one of the Fire Helmets for Christmas one year. Still have it but the eagle didnt survive to well. Also have the red fuel truck with cab that pivots that showed up at one Christmas or another. If I had the family pics I may have a picture of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted April 4, 2023 Share #65 Posted April 4, 2023 Interesting photo, kids are older, and looks like they are on a military base. Wearing their dad's uniforms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share #66 Posted April 5, 2023 5 hours ago, otter42 said: Interesting photo, kids are older, and looks like they are on a military base. Wearing their dad's uniforms? Aren't they GIs? GIs goofing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otter42 Posted April 5, 2023 Share #67 Posted April 5, 2023 Not sure, I thought they looked pretty young, but maybe your correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share #68 Posted April 6, 2023 16 hours ago, otter42 said: Not sure, I thought they looked pretty young, but maybe your correct. Young yes. But as we see at least two are Pfcs, with one a Spec 3, junior EMs all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickman983 Posted April 6, 2023 Share #69 Posted April 6, 2023 Found these last year while researching the 71st Airborne Brigade but didn't save them at the time, was able to find them again though. Kids attending a jump school put on by the 71st airborne brigade in 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Tuttle Posted April 6, 2023 Share #70 Posted April 6, 2023 Wow, the kids on the jump tower brought back a memory of Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta. Back in the 1970's the Army had a tower there and did "airborne training" for kids at the fair. Probably a recruiting thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickman983 Posted April 6, 2023 Share #71 Posted April 6, 2023 3 hours ago, CPT Tuttle said: Wow, the kids on the jump tower brought back a memory of Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta. Back in the 1970's the Army had a tower there and did "airborne training" for kids at the fair. Probably a recruiting thing. That was my guess when I saw these. Maybe not direct recruiting but at least outreach to build interest in the Army. Glad it brought back some memories! I tried doing a quick search of GA newspapers to see if I could find anything similar but didn't have luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR Posted April 6, 2023 Share #72 Posted April 6, 2023 Grandsons playing war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR Posted April 6, 2023 Share #73 Posted April 6, 2023 Or being "hunted" by Grandad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share #74 Posted June 28, 2023 I think sometime in the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR Posted July 3, 2023 Share #75 Posted July 3, 2023 Monkey Patrol Helmet. I had one of those helmets in '63-'64. I noticed the resemblance in that helmet and a modern day Russian helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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