justinwjolly Posted July 7, 2010 Share #76 Posted July 7, 2010 Hey guys, Some more superb USMC impressions! justinwjolly, that's an impressive hoard of marines there, were you portraying a particular campaign? Here's one more of me, from last month. 2nd Raider Battalion, during the Makin raid of August 1942: Sorry it's so small, I was having trouble with re-sizing. My uniform and equipment was as follows: P41 dungarees M1 FB helmet with burlap helmet cover camouflaged with dark OD paint Pistol belt with M36 suspenders (favoured my raiders at Makin) 5 cell Thompson mag pouch with mags and rounds P2 canteen cover and canteen Collins Number 18 'Gung Ho' bowie knife 1918 dated grenade vest (the few photos that were taken during the raid, show marines wearing these) M1928A1 Thompson sub-machine gun 'Rough out' hunting boots with sea-boot stockings (Carlson ordered a number of pairs of 'Raider boots' prior to Makin and were a dark brown leather hunting boot with steel toe-caps) Enjoy! Yeah for that event we were doing Raiders on Bougainville, and great looking picture yourself there as well. -Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted July 7, 2010 Share #77 Posted July 7, 2010 Very impressive in every details Will!!!! Best regards, Jerry K. Jerry, thanks! Appreciate your comment and glad you liked it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingers Posted July 14, 2010 Share #78 Posted July 14, 2010 Heres 2 very quick ones. 2/25 Saipan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted July 14, 2010 Share #79 Posted July 14, 2010 Jon, Great photos. I particularly like the second one. Looks like a movie shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingers Posted July 14, 2010 Share #80 Posted July 14, 2010 Jon, Great photos. I particularly like the second one. Looks like a movie shot! Thanks Will, I thought that when I first saw it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortworthgal Posted July 14, 2010 Share #81 Posted July 14, 2010 I know this is a bit late but here is a group photo from the event we had a few months back. Nice shot, but where's "cooky?" Oh, and just in case anyone's missed it - yes, that IS my smokin' hot husband on the WWII Impressions homepage: http://www.wwiiimpressions.com/ :bravo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwjolly Posted July 14, 2010 Share #82 Posted July 14, 2010 Nice shot, but where's "cooky?" Lol he was to busy cooking up that great chicken diner we had that night. And lol yeah i saw that about a month back, I gave him a call and asked hey you know your on the front page of WWII Impressions right? lol he just laughed and said yep sure do. -Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #83 Posted July 16, 2010 I've been doing USMC for a long time so I thought I'd post some of the recreations I've done over the years. Going through old pics I found quite a lot but I'll post only the best. Here are a few shots of when I went to Tarawa in November of 1993 fro the 50th. This is me on Red Beach 3 with a Japanese tank in the water behind me. It was 111 degrees that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #84 Posted July 16, 2010 This is me on the stairs of the Japanese command bunker on Tarawa, Betio Atoll 11/93. Keep in mind that back then, there was no USMC reproduction items available at all. It was all original or nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #85 Posted July 16, 2010 Here is a shot of the same bunker as it was in 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #86 Posted July 16, 2010 The LA Times did a short article in the paper when I got back from the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #87 Posted July 16, 2010 Here is some of the extensive shell damage cause by US off shore naval gunnery directed at the previous bunker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #88 Posted July 16, 2010 While I was there the locals were clearing away some of the trees for a building project. The site was right in front of a Japanese bunker so I tried to get some recreation action shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #89 Posted July 16, 2010 Here's another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #90 Posted July 16, 2010 The USMC held a memorial ceremony on the island to observe the 50th anniversary. I was there for that and met the USMC FMF commanding general who presided over the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #91 Posted July 16, 2010 Here in the states I did a few Tarawa recreations for the books I published for Schiffer like this corpsman shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #92 Posted July 16, 2010 Another view of the previous shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #93 Posted July 16, 2010 Here are a couple of war dog shots for a TV series back in the early 1990's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #94 Posted July 16, 2010 Another war dog shot. I'll post more USMC shots soon. Thanks! JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted July 16, 2010 Share #95 Posted July 16, 2010 This is me on the stairs of the Japanese command bunker on Tarawa, Betio Atoll 11/93. Keep in mind that back then, there was no USMC reproduction items available at all. It was all original or nothing. Jeff, Fantastic pictures! I especially like the one of Shibasaki's command bunker on Betio. I was at Jim Moran's place not long ago and saw the ammo can that he rescued from the same bunker (and could well have been on the same trip in '93) :thumbsup: I'd still love to get out there, but it's looking like Guadalcanal for 2012 now Thanks for sharing some great shots. All the best, Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 16, 2010 Share #96 Posted July 16, 2010 Jeff, Fantastic pictures! I especially like the one of Shibasaki's command bunker on Betio. I was at Jim Moran's place not long ago and saw the ammo can that he rescued from the same bunker (and could well have been on the same trip in '93) :thumbsup: I'd still love to get out there, but it's looking like Guadalcanal for 2012 now Thanks for sharing some great shots. All the best, Will Thanks Will. Yes, I was with Jim when he found the ammo can. I brought back a lot of relics too (back when you could still do that). I'll post some more pics from my trips to Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima and hopefully some of the better recreation stuff. JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 17, 2010 Share #97 Posted July 17, 2010 I didn't get many good recreation shots on Saipan but here's one of me checking out a Japanese bunker on Tinian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 17, 2010 Share #98 Posted July 17, 2010 This was at the Japanese airfield HQ on Tinian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 17, 2010 Share #99 Posted July 17, 2010 For those who've seen my books, you might recognize these. This is a recreation of camo mix typical in 1944 on Saipan, Tinian & Guam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giconceptsjw Posted July 17, 2010 Share #100 Posted July 17, 2010 An original set of P42's with hand painted camouflage gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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