2 Jan 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

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PFC Louis M. Mantone, Maspeth, Long Island, sports a mud-pack facial spattered on by passing vehicles at a by-pass flooded by rains and being cleared by his engineers unit." Italy. 26 November 1943

Interesting...that's a Hawley helmet liner, isn't it? You almost never see those. Wonder how he got the mud on his face only and NONE on the front of his coat or helmet liner? Wonder if he actually was using the mud for a cam job...

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

Interesting...that's a Hawley helmet liner, isn't it? You almost never see those. Wonder how he got the mud on his face only and NONE on the front of his coat or helmet liner? Wonder if he actually was using the mud for a cam job...

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It is indeed. Most seen in the Pacific Theater.