BEAT_NAVY Posted April 3 Share #1 Posted April 3 Were helmet graveyards like this common? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted April 3 Share #2 Posted April 3 Yes. And here in the states too. A couple years back someone was selling a couple pallets full of old Navy helmets from the USS SanFransisco that were found in an old dilapidated warehouse. Many WW2 helmets were painted and repaired and put back into service. Some were melted down. Prob the very damaged ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted April 3 Share #3 Posted April 3 There is a helmet graveyard in Palmdale, CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted April 4 Share #4 Posted April 4 Saw a mountain of M-1s in the early 90’s at Dover AFB at DRMO… rescued a few but the rest went to a scrap yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 4 Share #5 Posted April 4 These are helmets in the op are from casualties or other battlefield pick ups and will be inspected and if need be made serviceable and even repainted and reissued. There's video posted some where of the activities I think in Normandy of recovered helmets being painted right, cant find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 4 Share #6 Posted April 4 4 hours ago, BEAT_NAVY said: Were helmet graveyards like this common? I recall these were taken from US POWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 4 Share #7 Posted April 4 I think my garage is a helmet graveyard.... part of a small group of salvage helmets and liners. There was 230 steel shells and 560 (?) liners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 4 Share #8 Posted April 4 helmets from KIA and WIA of the 173rd Airborne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted April 4 Share #9 Posted April 4 A Facebook market place ad from a bit ago out of Madera, CA. Seems appropriate to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted April 4 Share #10 Posted April 4 1 hour ago, doyler said: I think my garage is a helmet graveyard.... part of a small group of salvage helmets and liners. There was 230 steel shells and 560 (?) liners 😲 Get a few more shells and you could wear a different one every day for a whole year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 4 Share #11 Posted April 4 3 minutes ago, mikie said: 😲 Get a few more shells and you could wear a different one every day for a whole year! true but been told Im hard headed enough already.. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 4 Share #12 Posted April 4 13 minutes ago, easterneagle87 said: A Facebook market place ad from a bit ago out of Madera, CA. Seems appropriate to add. Salvage yard in SLC Utah had a few as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 4 Share #13 Posted April 4 A similar photo, Vietnam. Helmets among other gear from Marine Corps causalities of Operation Harvest Moon December 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted April 4 Share #14 Posted April 4 Some more vintage pics of helmet piles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted April 4 Share #15 Posted April 4 "Vietnam War Games" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted April 4 Share #16 Posted April 4 Here is what happened to helmets to got "recycled" at the end of WWII, they got repainted and put back into the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted April 4 Share #17 Posted April 4 A well documented photo from the 86th ID showing helmets getting stacked after VE day in 1945 before being shipped to the US for recycling/destruction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAT_NAVY Posted April 4 Author Share #18 Posted April 4 Thanks to all of you! I never knew that this was common 15 hours ago, The Rooster said: Yes. And here in the states too. A couple years back someone was selling a couple pallets full of old Navy helmets from the USS SanFransisco that were found in an old dilapidated warehouse. Many WW2 helmets were painted and repaired and put back into service. Some were melted down. Prob the very damaged ones. 14 hours ago, manayunkman said: There is a helmet graveyard in Palmdale, CA. 12 hours ago, phantomfixer said: Saw a mountain of M-1s in the early 90’s at Dover AFB at DRMO… rescued a few but the rest went to a scrap yard 10 hours ago, patches said: These are helmets in the op are from casualties or other battlefield pick ups and will be inspected and if need be made serviceable and even repainted and reissued. There's video posted some where of the activities I think in Normandy of recovered helmets being painted right, cant find it 10 hours ago, doyler said: I think my garage is a helmet graveyard.... part of a small group of salvage helmets and liners. There was 230 steel shells and 560 (?) liners 9 hours ago, easterneagle87 said: A Facebook market place ad from a bit ago out of Madera, CA. Seems appropriate to add. 6 minutes ago, Burning Hazard said: Some more vintage pics of helmet piles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted April 4 Share #19 Posted April 4 The serviceable one were used over and over. In my guard unit in the 1980's, I was issued a brand new low dome M1. But I saw a lot of guys who were issued WW2 pots and I would see those guys cutting the canvas straps from the bails and putting the newer clip on chinstraps onto the helmets. If I only knew back then...... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
326thAEB Posted April 4 Share #20 Posted April 4 12 hours ago, doyler said: helmets from KIA and WIA of the 173rd Airborne. Do you know any background information of this photo? I believe I’ve seen it before but never knew when/ where it was taken. I’m assuming Dak To? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 6 Share #21 Posted April 6 On 4/4/2022 at 9:21 AM, 326thAEB said: Do you know any background information of this photo? I believe I’ve seen it before but never knew when/ where it was taken. I’m assuming Dak To? Dak To helmets belonging to the casualties of the 173d Airborne Brigade are piled up on Hill 875 following the battle, 22 Nov 67 Hill 875 The 2nd and 4th Battalion's of the 503rd Infantry suffered 33 Missing in Action, 158 Killed in Action and 411 evacuated wounded, while fighting for Hill 875. During the 21 days of fighting around Dak To that November some 3000 NVA loses were estimated. During that same 21 days of fighting around the Dak TO area the 173rd Airborne Brigade suffered 272 Killed in Action, over 900 wounded and some 60 Missing in Action. Ending some of the bloodiest fighting of the Vietnam War. General overhead view of Hill 875, November 24th, following its capture by elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 6 Share #22 Posted April 6 Scrap yard in SLC Utah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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