doyler Posted May 4, 2023 Share #576 Posted May 4, 2023 2nd Medical Bn 2nd Division 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted May 4, 2023 Share #577 Posted May 4, 2023 On 4/16/2023 at 2:13 AM, doyler said: SGT Leslie L. Soland, Tank Commander B Co 743rd Tank BN receiving the Bronze Star Medal There must be something going on with armored guys as this one seems not to have spchin straps on his helmet. The same thing seems to be going on in post #633.....the tech Sargent doesn’t have chin straps either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 4, 2023 Share #578 Posted May 4, 2023 Lets add this Iconic Image of the M1 Steel Helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 18, 2023 Share #579 Posted May 18, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhscott Posted May 18, 2023 Share #580 Posted May 18, 2023 3 hours ago, doyler said: Army buckle….Navy Mk1 knife? Demo bag and M1916 holster. Did not expect to see a Navy knife on him. Is there more to this story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 19, 2023 Share #581 Posted May 19, 2023 Tank Crewmen of the 113rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in The Netherlands September 1944. Of note is the habit of many a Armored Combat Vehicle Crewman who would be wearing the Tank Helmet to tape over the ventilation holes of the helmet for we guess warmth, or to cut the breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 19, 2023 Share #582 Posted May 19, 2023 US Marines take a break during the Battle for Okinawa - 1945 LIFE Magazine Archives - J R Eyerman Photographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 19, 2023 Share #583 Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 6:48 AM, Rhscott said: Army buckle….Navy Mk1 knife? Demo bag and M1916 holster. Did not expect to see a Navy knife on him. Is there more to this story? Not uncommon to see the buckles in the Navy. This is the info I can find photo of Seabee Raymond L. Sexton was taken on Iwo Jima in 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 25, 2023 Share #584 Posted May 25, 2023 A Specially marked Helmet, marked with Medical Tape we should think, worn by one Frank Prist, Prist is a War Correspondent for ACME Newspictures, photo taken on Leyte. This is the last couple of photos of him, he was KIA shortly after, November 12 1944, hit by a Sniper while covering the 24th Infantry Division's actions. Uncertain where he got the Jump Wings we see him wearing, he no doubt made at least one Jump, maybe earlier with the 503rd In New Guinea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted May 25, 2023 Share #585 Posted May 25, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 12:47 AM, doyler said: Original Caption: "Fifth Army, Castrellina Area, Italy. Close up head shot of a typical american of Japanese descent. Pfc. Genkichi Akamine, Honolulu, T.H., a sniper with the 100th Inf. Bn., 34th Division. He has 3 years of service in the U.S. Army, is a native of Hawaii, has fought thru the entire Italian campaign and just ended 16 days of hill fighting in the Battle of Leghorn. (Flap at back of helmet keeps rain and dampness out at night in foxhole)." US NARA Original Field Number: MM-5-44-7793. Photographer: Harris (163rd Signal Photo Company) Not to be weird, but does it look like a dog foot print on his shirt? As pawing at him? And what was the dog walking in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 26, 2023 Share #586 Posted May 26, 2023 23 hours ago, patches said: A Specially marked Helmet, marked with Medical Tape we should think, worn by one Frank Prist, Prist is a War Correspondent for ACME Newspictures, photo taken on Leyte. This is the last couple of photos of him, he was KIA shortly after, November 12 1944, hit by a Sniper while covering the 24th Infantry Division's actions. Uncertain where he got the Jump Wings we see him wearing, he no doubt made at least one Jump, maybe earlier with the 503rd In New Guinea. The second photo of him before he sets off for the Front, Prist with fellow ACME Correspondents Stanley Troutman and Tom Shafer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 13, 2023 Share #587 Posted June 13, 2023 It's a WWII Fixed Loop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 13, 2023 Share #588 Posted June 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, patches said: It's a WWII Fixed Loop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 17, 2023 Share #589 Posted June 17, 2023 Saipan 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 17, 2023 Share #590 Posted June 17, 2023 Saipan 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 17, 2023 Share #591 Posted June 17, 2023 Normandy 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 17, 2023 Share #592 Posted June 17, 2023 49 minutes ago, doyler said: Normandy 1944 Looks like a 101 GI by the helmet, got the White Tac mark there, Spade or a Club right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 24, 2023 Share #593 Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 11:58 PM, patches said: Looks like a 101 GI by the helmet, got the White Tac mark there, Spade or a Club right. May be the club (327th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 24, 2023 Share #594 Posted June 24, 2023 42nd Field Hospital Utah Beach area June 8-17 1944 (Bob Landry - LIFE Magazine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 27, 2023 Share #595 Posted June 27, 2023 Iwo Jima 1945. Marines fight for Airfield # 2 Marine on right has M2 Ammo Vest as an assault pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 27, 2023 Share #596 Posted June 27, 2023 4th Marine Div commo Team. Iwo Jima 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted June 28, 2023 Share #597 Posted June 28, 2023 Medic station, Iwo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 29, 2023 Share #598 Posted June 29, 2023 Marine Dog Handler Iwo Jima 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 30, 2023 Share #599 Posted June 30, 2023 A couple of men of the 42nd Infantry Division's Task Force Linden in the Alsace in January 1945 wearing the distinctive helmet nets seen within the Rainbow Division during their period of action in Germany during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 2, 2023 Share #600 Posted July 2, 2023 US Army General Leonard Gerow in Normandy, photographed during the Battle for Hill 192 - July 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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