No name or unit given....listed a soldier sleeps on the rocks in the sun.
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No name or unit given....listed a soldier sleeps on the rocks in the sun.
Neat picture; looks correct. frayed sling, no upgrades! GK
Seems like I've seen this on a site called "Pintrest".
It was listed in a few pics from the Italian Campaign.
I blew the pic up without waking him...looks like he lost his buttplate for the carbine...I'd still have it though. Belt and contents too.
"Without waking him"! Thanks Jim, that was a good laugh ;)
You could slide that steel pot way down your neck and your head would just hang there in the webbing, actually pretty comfortable way to nap.
A great photo of combat fatigue. Only after sleepless night after sleepless night could a soldier fall asleep in mid-day on a pile of rocks -- some mattress! Even a gun blast wouldn't wake this guy. Hope he got a good sleep and made it through the war. What is the insignia on his helmet?
Looks like a 2Lt bar to me.
Yep, a '90-day wonder'. "Yestiday I couldn't even spell Lootenunt, now I are one". Just kidding. In fact, that Looie looks to be a little older. Could even be a battlefield commision.
That was sort of my though. Thus the ability to sleep. A kid might not quite be so calm...if that's the right way to put it.
Whoever he is and at whatever rank, he looks wacked and aged. Probably aged by what he's been involved with up to date. I am sure if he opened his eyes he would have the 10,000 mile stare too;)
Awesome picture! Thanks. That's one of the best Carbine pics I have seen, up there with the Marine on Iwo Jima with the flag above him.
BTW: Notice he has two double mag pouches on his belt! The WW2 re-enactor "stitch Nazis" say in WW2, they never wore two double pouches with the carbine. I have seen many pics of guys with 2 doubles, a couple with three doubles, and even a guy with 3 doubles and a stock pouch in Burma.
When I did Civil War re-enacting, the stitch Nazis used to bug me. In the Civil War, NO ONE would have been correct after 6 months in the field. Shoddies fell apart, civilian garb was worn, capture clothing and weapons were used. They try to create a "reality" that never existed....
think you meant the 1,000/2,000 yard stare Thousand-yard stare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You can't see all the way around. It could be a five pouch belt.Quote:
Originally Posted by imarangemaster
Very true......Quote:
Originally Posted by JimF4M1s
I vote for him being a staff weenie. Way too clean way too starched and ironed. No web gear, no spoon, no water, I see what looks like a musette bag behind him. That carbine has been banged around a lot look at the butt end, not a lick of oil on that stock either.
What do you think Jim, Rick?
I don't know, Dave. It looks like a first aid kit can in his shirt pocket. A staff weenie wouldn't have that, and probably would not have multiple mag pouches, either. They would get in the way when he was sitting on his butt! His canteen would be on the opposite side (right rear) away from the camera. On Iwo, my dad just had a belt with canteen, a couple frags, and mag pouches for his Carbine. No web gear. He always said the suspenders were for the guys with heavy loads of Garand clips, bayonets, and E-tools. Italy was pretty dry, and oil would not stay around long enough to sink in. (Just being devil's advocate on this point).
No way this guy is staff or an aide. The helmet shows honest wear as does the carbine. Nothing is bright and shinny on him. He's been around enough that he feels comfortable taking a rest on boulders. Show me an aide or rear echelon troop that can nap on rocks and I'll eat my hat. Look at this face for Pete's Sake....he has been around. You can't make assumptions from clothing. Yes it looks in pretty good shape but there could be a lot of reasons for that. He may have just been issued that uniform as a replacement or perhaps he just got back from R&R. Whatever the real story we will probably never know what it is, but I vote for a real deal G.I. who is tired enough he takes a rest on rocks. Guys from the rear need a cot or blanket on smooth ground.
Rick H.
Cali201,
:lol::lol: 10,000 yard stare.............Thats inflation for you, you want to see the size of the fish I catch:lol::lol:
This has been going around. I was sent this photo in a group of WW2 photo's
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c27XObQ83d...ar+II+(12).jpg
A soldier sleeps in the sun.
Here's a guy not sleeping from that same batch.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YAuobkZjFt...ar+II+(17).jpg
A US Army Corps of Engineers solider packs 1/2 pound tins of the explosive TNT under one end of an abandoned German tank in preparation for detonation during military operations in the El Guettar Valley, Tunisia, early 1943.
I don't think he is a staff officer. There is another helmet if you look closely in the upper right corner of the Picture. So, there must be another guy sleeping in the rocks too. A staff officer wouldn't have a frayed sling. It looks like he has his CEOI in his left breast pocket. This is of course speculation on my part but I think this is one terrific legit photo of a 2d lieutenant who looks like more of a direct commission officer. He just has this "been there done that" look. JMHO.
I dunn'o,....kinda looks like a younger Clint Eastwood to me..........
"This here M1 carbine is the most powerful officer's sidearm in he US arsenal and will blow your head Clean Off..... Do you feel lucky PUNK?"
Is that a courier pouch behind his head on the rocks?