Burning Hazard Posted September 27, 2020 Share #1 Posted September 27, 2020 Don't think I've seen a thread like this before: post rank painted M1 helmets and liners being worn in field. All photos found from footage. Let's start with some PFC's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted September 27, 2020 Corporals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted September 27, 2020 Technician 5th Grade (T/5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted September 27, 2020 Sgt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted September 27, 2020 Technician 4th Grade (T/4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted September 27, 2020 Technician 3rd class (T/3) - This is the only one I could find, rare helmet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted September 27, 2020 Staff Sgt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted September 28, 2020 Technical Sgt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted September 28, 2020 Don't have any First Sergeant or Master Sergeant; will scour the web for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 28, 2020 Share #10 Posted September 28, 2020 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryM3 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #11 Posted September 28, 2020 Good thread, keep it going! Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted September 28, 2020 Some MP's also wore rank painted M1's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B24AT6 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #13 Posted September 28, 2020 Here’s a photo of a 97th Division Staff Sgt I have in my collection, I think I have some more photos I’ll have to try to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B24AT6 Posted September 28, 2020 Share #14 Posted September 28, 2020 Some great shots from the 88th Division: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted September 28, 2020 Share #15 Posted September 28, 2020 Some great photos already but if I can suggest something: I find the value of photos diminished without their caption. Without a unit, place, and/or year all they really say is sometime during WWII someone did something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadawg Posted September 29, 2020 Share #16 Posted September 29, 2020 Not really in the field per se, but a good marked liner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Boban Posted October 3, 2020 Share #17 Posted October 3, 2020 This was a fairly common practice within the 42nd Infantry Division. The photographs below are taken from the 232nd Infantry Regiment yearbook. Most pictures date from the summer of 1944 while the regiment was stationed in Oklahoma. The 42nd Infantry Division arrived in France in December 1944 and fought in Eastern France and Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted November 11, 2020 Another one from eBay showing 94th ID helmets with ranks; likely painted at the end of WWII/occupation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted November 11, 2020 Share #19 Posted November 11, 2020 Can't rotate the photo, but D Company, 50th Combat Engineers, Attu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadawg Posted November 11, 2020 Share #20 Posted November 11, 2020 i'll break the army run with some navy. a large second class insignia dead center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share #21 Posted February 16, 2022 Finally found a photo of a First Sergeant painted M1 Helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GITom1944 Posted February 16, 2022 Share #22 Posted February 16, 2022 Corporal Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GITom1944 Posted February 16, 2022 Share #23 Posted February 16, 2022 Various Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gap Posted February 16, 2022 Share #24 Posted February 16, 2022 13 hours ago, GITom1944 said: Various Do we know the unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GITom1944 Posted February 16, 2022 Share #25 Posted February 16, 2022 4 hours ago, gap said: Do we know the unit? Not sure, caption seems murky: They are in Southern England on 10Oct44. They are newly arrived, boarding a train that will take them to a port for movement to France. "14th Port, Transportation Corps, Southampton, England" is in the caption but I don't know if this refers to the guys in the photo or the unit assigned to the transit area. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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