lets give it a try, I'll start off and lets see your photos.
AEF HOLDING THE LINE!!!!
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...nsenvoye-1.jpg
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lets give it a try, I'll start off and lets see your photos.
AEF HOLDING THE LINE!!!!
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...nsenvoye-1.jpg
Pretty sure these are 1917's
Dan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...diersdrill.jpg
good pics, I started this thinking I would post all kinds of good pics but only found one :lol:
Don't remember where I found this one:
Here are some more that I have gathered over the years, some were posted by folks over on CSP but didnt keep who they came from so I cant give credit to the original poster(s).
I will post them one to a post to try and keep from killing the dial up folks.
Dan
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...08fbbf_b-1.jpg
are those German soldiers?:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Wilson
Lithuanian
Dan
and the rifles are P. 14.
Hi Dan,
thanks for those great pics!
Regards
Gunner
just noticed the sights. interesting:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Melanie_Daniels
Here's some more
Dan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...ingboots-1.jpg
just wondering, do you think these soldiers built the buildings behind them? I am under the impression that when the call to arms came many recruits had no actual training camp and many units had to construct their own facilities, any truth to this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Wilson
Wouldn't doubt it, with all that free labor around I am sure they took full advantage of it.
I have been deployed, then forward deployed to a bare location and we had to "build our base" before we could even fly our missions.
Dan
Here is a shot of US Marines. I noticed the Lithuanians had the slings on the stacking swivel.
Lets see if I can post a picture.
Attachment 7986
Wineman
I don't know about WW1 but my Dad in the first couple of months of 1942 (as a civilian carpenter) helped other civilian workers build some of the Army barracks at Fort Meade, Maryland before he joined the US Marines as a Combat Engineer.Quote:
Originally Posted by MILSURPGUY1917
I work at a US Army supply depot and I have seen old photographs of the depot when it was an induction center in WW1 and the picture shows hundreds of tents.
My own opinion is that in time of war the priority for recruits would be training and getting them in-theater ASAP rather than spending time building barracks.
Bataan death march survivors hunting party in 1949
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ngparty1-1.jpg
they looked pretty damn healthy and happy good for them, they deserve to be.
Wow, just wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Wilson
Glad to see the survivors found some sense of normalcy after their ordeal.
Thanks for posting these pictures.
Dan, can you tell me more about this hunting party. My grandfather survived the march and i would love to know more about it.
you can pm me if you like
I will have to do some research on it for more info.
I will let you know if I can come up with more data as I am pretty interested in the details as well. It was special enough that Time magazine did a piece on it.
Dan
Members of the 366th Infantry Regiment take part in a gas mask inspection and training drill:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...24110242-1.jpg
High Resolution (2027x1432): http://www.army.mil/-images/2009/02/...-24-110242.jpg
met one of the survivors, in the first day of the first year of medical training in Utah, and he told me he would never stop wanting to kill Japs. He really meant it. year was 1969, and I was just 21 years old. this guy impressed me
Here's my Uncle at some training facility during WWII.
What am I doing wrong here?
I rearranged my album but it broke my links to the pictures, I am trying to edit the URL for the pics but be danged if I can find an edit button on my posts?
Guess if I can figure it out I will just start a new thread and repost the pics.
Danhttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...m_whacko-1.gif
Okay, now I am really confused.
I posted this and it has an edit button on the post but the others posts still dont show an edit button?!?!?https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...03/10171-1.gif
Arggggh I give up.
I will go ahead and repost the pics here and hopefully Admin will delete the dead posts, Thanks.
Dan
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...nFrance1-1.jpg
Look how this guy has his sling set up. Attached to the stacking swivel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Wilson
I believe these are '03s in this pic. The 166th Inf was part of the 42nd Div. one of the first four over there and were equipped with '03s I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winterkrieg
Dan Wilson, you need to become a member. It's free and for $25 you can be a contributing member. It was the best $25 I've spent since I joined the Garand collectors Association. The Carbine Club is next.