BEAT_NAVY Posted May 1, 2022 Share #26 Posted May 1, 2022 Tarwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAT_NAVY Posted May 1, 2022 Share #27 Posted May 1, 2022 Eniwetok Atoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patches Posted May 2, 2022 Share #29 Posted May 2, 2022 Here you go, a Navy Rate painted on the front of a helmet on Attu, Rate is done it seems just like it's cloth equivalent, Red Chevron White Crow and Device, which may be Radiomman Lighting Bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeshow Posted July 8, 2022 Share #30 Posted July 8, 2022 Anyone have any photos of any 10th Army Division in Okinawa ? My thought is if there where any painted rank or other markings, once Bolivar was shot by a sniper, those got painted over really quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Posted July 8, 2022 Share #31 Posted July 8, 2022 2 Star general, photo is accredited to the pacific theatre though I cannot find out more about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeshow Posted July 10, 2022 Share #32 Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 4:01 PM, Sneaky said: 2 Star general, photo is accredited to the pacific theatre though I cannot find out more about it That’s a good one! And it sure appears to be in the pacific. I wish we knew more about it like when(very important) and where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeshow Posted July 10, 2022 Share #33 Posted July 10, 2022 My point for my question above is I am wondering if my grandfather had a painted helmet and if so I would like to have a replica created. He was in the Army in an engineering aviation construction battalion. By the end of the war he was a full bird Col. This is the only picture I possess of him in Okinawa (I have a ton state side) with a helmet on. Does it look marked to you guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Posted July 10, 2022 Share #34 Posted July 10, 2022 50 minutes ago, Smokeshow said: That’s a good one! And it sure appears to be in the pacific. I wish we knew more about it like when(very important) and where. “Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd…Seated on Shore, Studying Map of Okinawa. June 28, 1945. Prints & Photographs Division“ Found this heading, multiple different sites seem to report the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Posted July 10, 2022 Share #35 Posted July 10, 2022 44 minutes ago, Smokeshow said: My point for my question above is I am wondering if my grandfather had a painted helmet and if so I would like to have a replica created. He was in the Army in an engineering aviation construction battalion. By the end of the war he was a full bird Col. This is the only picture I possess of him in Okinawa (I have a ton state side) with a helmet on. Does it look marked to you guys? Doesnt look marked to me. Seems to just be lighting, discoloration or dirt on the helmet that gives it that kind of painted/camo-ish look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeshow Posted July 11, 2022 Share #36 Posted July 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Sneaky said: Doesnt look marked to me. Seems to just be lighting, discoloration or dirt on the helmet that gives it that kind of painted/camo-ish look Thanks! That’s what I was thinking as well. He wasn’t a flashy guy so I think if there was an option, he would have opted to not mark it. His big thing was treating his men like equals no matter the rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Posted July 11, 2022 Share #37 Posted July 11, 2022 Another painted 2 star general M1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeshow Posted July 11, 2022 Share #38 Posted July 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Sneaky said: Another painted 2 star general M1 This one is interesting. I can’t tell if there is something on the side of the 2 star or if it is just part of the painted scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Posted July 11, 2022 Share #39 Posted July 11, 2022 10 minutes ago, Smokeshow said: This one is interesting. I can’t tell if there is something on the side of the 2 star or if it is just part of the painted scheme? Great question, it does look like there is some sort of design. I again think its dirt and grime though, as 2 stars on an M1 is already a big target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 12, 2022 Share #40 Posted July 12, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 7:01 PM, Sneaky said: 2 Star general, photo is accredited to the pacific theatre though I cannot find out more about it Nice shot of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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