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This is an outstanding study of carbine configurations based on photos taken at Normandy and other ETO operations. Click on "Source Photographs used in the Study" at the bottom of the page. Also read the author's conclusions as to high vs. low wood stocks etc.
This site is a tutorial for WWII re-enactors and the proper way to look for accuracy.
90th IDPG The M1 Carbine in Normandy: A Case Study
Picture #22 shows an M-8 attached.
Only saw C-clip slings.
What a excellent piece of work.
I looked through he pics, and he was thorough. I think the pouches on the stock and multiple pouches on the belt were more common in the Pacific theater and Korean pics I have seen, (especially with Merril's Marauders).
Interesting observation about high wood stocks vs. low wood. Low wood was certainly produced and issued by the time D-day took place. Regarding the ETO, perhaps they were issued after the Normandy invasion to fresh troops and to those who needed battlefield replacements, suggesting that the troops who actually landed were supplied with weapons long before the landing. Thanks for sharing.