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Interesting pics from WWII
« on: August 13, 2011, 10:11:50 AM »
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Re: Interesting pics from WWII
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2011, 10:21:42 AM »
Couple of interesting notes...

Infantryman with M1 Garand, but still wearing a "doughboy" helmet.  Didn't think they overlapped.

Several references to YB-17, even dated to 1942.  Thought they droped the "Y' (experimental) long before that.

Somebody climbing a ladder on the waist of a PBY carrying a ".30 calbre machinegun", that looks like a Lewis gun.  I didn't think we deployed those at all during WWII.

Any others?
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Re: Interesting pics from WWII
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2011, 01:52:40 PM »
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Infantryman with M1 Garand, but still wearing a "doughboy" helmet.  Didn't think they overlapped.
Maybe National Guard? Most likely, there weren't enough of the new helmets to go around, so guys still in training got the old ones that they had plenty of. See here for more use of old helmets.

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Somebody climbing a ladder on the waist of a PBY carrying a ".30 calbre machinegun", that looks like a Lewis gun.  I didn't think we deployed those at all during WWII.
I think it's a 1919 with a mounting gimmick on the side. Like this.
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