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16 minutes ago, doyler said:

40mm Marine Gun crew. 3rd Defense Bn Bougainville. 

 

Not the net on the Marien seated.

 

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That talker helmet is huge.

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53 minutes ago, doyler said:

40mm Marine Gun crew. 3rd Defense Bn Bougainville. 

 

Not the net on the Marien seated.

 

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Great shot Ron, I'm no expert but does that net look Japanese?

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Behind the Lines portrait with Steel Helmet,  and IKE, the IKE as a quasi Dress quasi Field Item. a Cavalry Officer 2nd Lieutenant Gus Blass 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron.

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Personnel with the US Army 132nd Infantry Regiment tasked with occupying the "Grassy Knoll" (Mount Austen) on Guadalcanal get resupplied with ammunition on the rear slope of Hill 31 - December 1942

Note M1 Garands and M1928A1 Thompson SMG fitted with a drum magazine

 

LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer

 

 

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Picture taken on USS Nevada BB-36 while beached in Pearl Harbor six days after the Japanese attack - December 13, 1941

LIFE Magazine Archives - Bob Landry Photographer

 

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US 'Nisei' troops with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

 

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US 'Nisei' troops with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

 

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US 'Nisei' troops with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

 

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US 'Nisei' troops with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

 

 

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US 'Nisei' troops with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

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US 'Nisei' troops with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

 

 

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US 'Nisei' troops with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

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US 'Nisei' troops with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

 

 

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US Officer with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

 

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15 minutes ago, doyler said:

Picture taken on USS Nevada BB-36 while beached in Pearl Harbor six days after the Japanese attack - December 13, 1941

LIFE Magazine Archives - Bob Landry Photographer

 

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This is a great pic Ron, lots going on here. Thanks for posting

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Two USS Nevada BB-36 Sailors man Lewis Guns with their ship in the background in Pearl Harbor six days after the Japanese attack - December 13, 1941

LIFE Magazine Archives - Bob Landry Photographer

 

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US Soldiers grab M9 Rifle Grenades (or M9A1) from a trailer in Malmedy Belgium during the opening days of the German Offensive during the Battle of the Bulge - December 1944

LIFE Magazine Archives - John Florea Photographer

 

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4 minutes ago, doyler said:

US Soldiers grab M9 Rifle Grenades (or M9A1) from a trailer in Malmedy Belgium during the opening days of the German Offensive during the Battle of the Bulge - December 1944

LIFE Magazine Archives - John Florea Photographer

 

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Is that one soldier wearing a flight helmet?

Mikie

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Doyler,  Thank you so much for posting this photo. It's great! Soldiers preparing for combat, Bastogne, Winter of 1944, Ordnance in Fiber Containers, WOW!

 

Also looks like there are some Mk2 Grenade Containers in there.

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On 11/8/2022 at 4:17 PM, doyler said:

USS Philadelphia CL-41 providing gunfire support during Operation Torch off of Safi Morocco - November 8, 1942

LIFE Magazine Archives - Eliot Elisofon Photographer

 

 

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 I believe that may be Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner.

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A 2nd Lieutenant Raffi Bedayan 10th Mountain Division, L Company, 3rd Battalion 87th Infantry.

 

Bedyan a notable in Mountain Climbing in the 30s was probably one of those Outdoorsman types specifically recruited to form the 87th Infantry at Fort Lewis- Camp Hale.

https://verticalarchaeology.com/2017/04/06/1938-raffi-bedayan-photo/

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On 12/16/2022 at 5:28 PM, mikie said:

Is that one soldier wearing a flight helmet?

Mikie

 

 

Yes looks like a Luftwaffe flight cap by the shape of the receiver housings.

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On 12/16/2022 at 6:23 PM, doyler said:

US Soldiers grab M9 Rifle Grenades (or M9A1) from a trailer in Malmedy Belgium during the opening days of the German Offensive during the Battle of the Bulge - December 1944

LIFE Magazine Archives - John Florea Photographer

 

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Best guess what kind of cover this is on his helmet?  Parachute or Brit scarf…??? 

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On 12/15/2022 at 4:17 PM, doyler said:

US Officer with the 100th Infantry Battalion / 133rd Infantry Regiment, under the overall command of the 34th Infantry somewhere in Italy - late 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer

 

 

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Hey Guys, I was looking over these great photos again and noticed the helmet shell is laying on the liner AND it's leather chinstrap. Was that a common practice or was this maybe just for the photo?

Thanks,

James

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3 hours ago, jmd62 said:

 

Hey Guys, I was looking over these great photos again and noticed the helmet shell is laying on the liner AND it's leather chinstrap. Was that a common practice or was this maybe just for the photo?

Thanks,

James

Very common from what I've seen. If anything, the strap was mostly seen as unnecessary to the point where most soldiers just removed it entirely. Plenty of photos of that as the war progressed. 

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2 minutes ago, eaglerunner88 said:

Very common from what I've seen. If anything, the strap was mostly seen as unnecessary to the point where most soldiers just removed it entirely. Plenty of photos of that as the war progressed. 

Makes sense, thanks!

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