doyler Posted January 7 Share #526 Posted January 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 9 Share #527 Posted January 9 US Replacement troops in Southern France are issued their M1 Garand Rifles - January 1945 LIFE Magazine Archives - Thomas Mcavoy Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 9 Share #528 Posted January 9 adjusting the sling on the range. US Replacement troops in Southern France are issued their M1 Garand Rifles - January 1945 LIFE Magazine Archives - Thomas Mcavoy Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 9 Share #529 Posted January 9 rear sight corrections US Replacement troops in Southern France are issued their M1 Garand Rifles - January 1945 LIFE Magazine Archives - Thomas Mcavoy Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 9 Share #530 Posted January 9 Looks fairly new issue helmet as little to no wear to the cork. Also swivel bale seen. At the range US Replacement troops in Southern France are issued their M1 Garand Rifles - January 1945 LIFE Magazine Archives - Thomas Mcavoy Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 10 Share #531 Posted January 10 US Marines on Guadalcanal board landing craft to leave following months of fighting the Japanese - January 1943 LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 10 Share #532 Posted January 10 US Marines on Guadalcanal board landing craft to leave following months of fighting the Japanese - January 1943 LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 10 Share #533 Posted January 10 US Marine Saying goodbye to a friend on Guadalcanal - January 1943 LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 10 Share #534 Posted January 10 wearing German parka and mittens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 10 Share #535 Posted January 10 10 hours ago, doyler said: US Marines on Guadalcanal board landing craft to leave following months of fighting the Japanese - January 1943 LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer I don’t often see soldiers on a beach getting ON a landing craft. Not sure, but is that a M1917 helmet I see? mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake36bravo Posted January 10 Share #536 Posted January 10 10 hours ago, doyler said: wearing German parka and mittens. You had to have some real stones to wear a Waffen-SS Kharkov parka around a war zone. Twitchy trigger fingers would've dissuaded most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 10 Share #537 Posted January 10 14 minutes ago, mikie said: I don’t often see soldiers on a beach getting ON a landing craft. Not sure, but is that a M1917 helmet I see? mikie Im thinking its the Marine in the sun helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 10 Share #538 Posted January 10 US Soldier looks at Houffalize Belgium - January 1945 LIFE Magazine Archives - Marie Hansen Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 11 Share #539 Posted January 11 A GI in North Africa holds his damaged M1903 Springfield Rifle - Early 1943 Battle damage to the 1903 rifle. LIFE Magazine Archives - Eliot Elisofon Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 11 Share #540 Posted January 11 A visit from a USO performer Nice fiber liner on solder seated to the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted January 11 Share #541 Posted January 11 10 minutes ago, doyler said: A visit from a USO performer Nice fiber liner on solder seated to the right. Great photo! Never seen this image before! Is it published? Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted January 11 Share #542 Posted January 11 Nice shot of M1 with beat up Hawley liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhscott Posted January 11 Share #543 Posted January 11 8 hours ago, doyler said: Im thinking its the Marine in the sun helmet Or one of the several Japanese sun helmets…I do see a Arisaka on a shoulder getting on the craft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted January 11 Share #544 Posted January 11 On 1/10/2023 at 7:08 AM, doyler said: wearing German parka and mittens. what an image - this is really incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted January 11 Share #545 Posted January 11 23 hours ago, snake36bravo said: You had to have some real stones to wear a Waffen-SS Kharkov parka around a war zone. Twitchy trigger fingers would've dissuaded most. Ow man I totally agree ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 12 Share #546 Posted January 12 Cape Gloucester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 12 Share #547 Posted January 12 Survivors from the RN Troopship SS Strathallan onboard HMS Panther G41 in the Mediterranean - December 21, 1942 LIFE Magazine Archives - Margaret Bourke-White Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 12 Share #548 Posted January 12 On 1/10/2023 at 7:45 PM, Rhscott said: Or one of the several Japanese sun helmets…I do see a Arisaka on a shoulder getting on the craft Possibly this Marine or another as several were seen with sun helmets.. THis Marine has the full transport pack. The one on the ramp in an earlier picture appears to have the haversack with no tent roll. Same series of Photos when they are waiting to leave Guadalcanal. Maybe he removed the blanket/tent roll to wrap the captured MG in thats seen in the series of pictures.. Can also see a cleaning rod handle in the end of the barrel. Another Marine has a Japanese flag tied to a rifle US Marines on Guadalcanal wait to leave following months of fighting the Japanese - January 1943 LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 13 Share #549 Posted January 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 13 Share #550 Posted January 13 GI and Red Cross worker somewhere in Germany 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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