Please, help me indentify this unit
Please, help me indentify this unit
Hi!
Could someone help me indentify the unit of the guy in the pic?
Also, any guidance about reference material on the specific uniform he wears would be greatly appreciated
Regards
Fernando
Could someone help me indentify the unit of the guy in the pic?
Also, any guidance about reference material on the specific uniform he wears would be greatly appreciated
Regards
Fernando
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Re: Please, help me indentify this unit
Hi Fernando,
I'm no specialist about American uniforms, but the boots and the m1 with folding stock give strong hints that he is a paratrooper, so he would be a member of one of the American airborne units.
Here something about the uniform:
http://militariana.com/us-ww2-airborne-uniform/
Regards,
Simon
I'm no specialist about American uniforms, but the boots and the m1 with folding stock give strong hints that he is a paratrooper, so he would be a member of one of the American airborne units.
Here something about the uniform:
http://militariana.com/us-ww2-airborne-uniform/
Regards,
Simon
Re: Please, help me indentify this unit
Try the 82nd Airborne and or 101st Airborne sites , I think they could help .
Johnny
The folding stock rifle is usually carried by airborne types .
Johnny
The folding stock rifle is usually carried by airborne types .
Re: Please, help me indentify this unit
Definately Airborne....he has Jump boots, Jump Pants & "Jump Jacket", special Paratroop equipment "Shoulder straps" with pads, folding Stock Carbine, and flag shoulder patch.... he's definately 100% paratrooper.....
No way to distingush any particular unit...
John G.
No way to distingush any particular unit...
John G.
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Re: Please, help me indentify this unit
This serviceman most likely is a para of the US 17th Abn. during Operation Varsity or a period after. He has a helmet the most typical for Varsity -- fixed bale and with a cord around the net. He wears the Coat, Parachute Jumper P.Q.D. No. 114 (incorrectly called by collectors and reenactors "M1942"). Majority of the 17th paras jumped behind the Rhine with M1943 Field Jackets but not all of them. Big number of the 17th paras still jumped then with the P.Q.D. No. 114s. He also has M1910 E-Tool shortened a little in a manner typical for the US WWII era paras.
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Re: Please, help me indentify this unit
The Photo of the US para was taken by Robert Capa in Normandy ( St. Sauveur le Vicomte ) during June 1944.
"There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here".
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach
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Re: Please, help me indentify this unit
Thanks for correction.
I just find it interesting that Michel De Trez did not publish this nice photo in his "At The Point of No Return" album.
I just find it interesting that Michel De Trez did not publish this nice photo in his "At The Point of No Return" album.