Jump to content

Helmets in Use - WW2 Era Armor and WW2 M1 Steel Helmet


MWalsh
 Share

Recommended Posts

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

 

 

 

image.png.a3d45067d5b3192339d4be3c3b52bb52.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

 

 

image.png.fa54f3765a1e2cc9fed2015be17a2466.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

 

image.png.174cec7dda5b8234321847314ae9ea71.png

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

 

image.png.dcf6155e1c0a2c9ddde746e5e85ec134.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

 

image.png.beca617ade066362e28429d76d5ceab6.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

 

image.png.beca617ade066362e28429d76d5ceab6.png

Is that one soldier wearing a flight helmet?

Mikie

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Persian Gulf Command

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

 

 

314946862_1116203765770324_7659257273965831627_n.jpg

 I believe that may be Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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/

Raffi Bedayan,.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

 

image.png.beca617ade066362e28429d76d5ceab6.png

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

F15B904D-168D-45B6-A1E4-EFF64ADE0BF9.jpeg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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

 

 

image.png.fa54f3765a1e2cc9fed2015be17a2466.png

 

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites

eaglerunner88
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. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 11/5/2022 at 10:55 AM, TheGoose said:

Men-of-Co-E-17th-Arm-Enj-Btn.jpg.59f6a0c6cc27239d8a686562e23e7b0d.jpg

17th Armored Engineer Battalion which supported the 2nd Armored Division.  Notice the armored insignia painted on their liners.  I do not remember which website this picture came from and thus cannot cite it.

17th was an Organic part of 2AD not an attachment

Link to comment
Share on other sites

17 hours ago, Rhscott said:

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

F15B904D-168D-45B6-A1E4-EFF64ADE0BF9.jpeg

Could be a cover made from German Parachute material, there was a topic discussing this, but we can't find it, it might of been deleted.

wwii.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

US soldier with a BAR peering across a snowy field during the Battle of the Bulge - January 1945

LIFE Magazine Archives - John Florea Photographer

 

 

323773375_489115516654166_423216608386970396_n.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Group of soldiers in the ETO. Appears the far-left soldier is holding a civilian shotgun

 

 

323891715_620173826442970_5928885821721709928_n.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...