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Quite a picture, one we're familiar with too. Three old hands right there, about to embark on yet another war. Korea I think, from the series...
Yes Korea - the give away is the stripes (smaller than WW2)Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Plus the SGT in the cap ribbons
Army commendation medal
Good Conduct medal
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American zone ribbon
ETO Campaign ribbon
WW 2 Victory medal I think
But no CIB, and that's the big one.
Agreed, but he has the hashmarks and overseas chevrons. Just a rear echelon type...movements...Quote:
Originally Posted by bob seijas
Muzzle cover on the Garand.
The CIB is the big one but not all front line soldiers were eligible such as Combat Engineers and Armor. Also the rear echelons are what kept the front line supplied and fighting. Cannot win without them. Still I think the Infantry is special, the heart and soul of any army, and they really deserve a special award.
Jerry Liles
My father had the Expert Infantry Badge (EIB), the blue musket without the combat wreath. Fortunately, he never got the wreath because Japan surrendered while he was staging for the Operation Olympic invasion of the home islands. His unit was rushed from the Philippines to Japan as the first wave of the Army of Occupation. He sent home two rifles and a sword from a warehouse his outfit broke into.
Good to see that the Aussie way of ransaking rubbed off through your army after you all got the guff on how to do it as our soldiers pilfered from your troops that helped us with the New Guinea affair :madsmile::rofl:
has anyone noticed the carbine?
Soldier in front of officer. Has his right hand on but plate.
Infantry: "Queen of Battle"
Best Regards.....Frank
There is another poking out just behind the Sergeants left arm band the front lip of the soldiers helmet is level with the Sergeants chin..
That's the carbine Mark was speaking of.
Fair call Jim but if I was giving a reference to some one like; take your crane over there somewhere and lift up something onto that I would get a deer in the headlight look, probably like some person saying to you just pop down to the armoury and get the rifle there that has a wonky front sight it is in one of the racks. Nice to have points of reference as I took it from Franks perspective, we had a cartoonist here that for the Daily News and evening paper used to place a small dog and lad in his cartoons as a sorta find me's and at times you for the life of ya you could not find those little beggars maybe he left them out on purpose!! :bitch:
You Ozzies have elevated pilferage to a fine art... of course, you come by it naturally as all your ancestors were convicts LOL. Kidding, kidding! Yanks love Aussies, and one of my favorite wines is Molly Dooker :)
We proudly claim the title 'Australian royalty' if we have transported convicts in the family tree.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob seijas
Having said that, if you check your history you will find the American colonies were the Poms first dumping ground so some Americans could claim a similar title. Ben Franklin was so inflamed by convict transportation to the Americas that he once wrote that the American colonists should return the favour by send rattlesnakes to England.
But Paul we perfected that art into an actual science why? while even getting caught we could near on explain it away from them why it would better use to us and they could just go of and get one from their quartermaster we couldnt because he was on another raid oh boy what fun. tent stealing, full vegimite tins in fires, hoochies suddenly falling down at night, ah yes the lantern stalks at Northam good getcha backs on those swarays nicely ground into the dirt all in fun like......Not that we used gravel dust shot out 303's with blanks mindya got pasted both was 1 by the RSM and a mate who got to close red arse me for a while after the hostilities had ceased and I got my hearing back from the RSM lecture
I'll never admit that visits to neighbouring US bases in Vietnam were 'requisitioning excursions' or that anything not physically locked up or guarded was regarded a 'surplus to need' and therefore ours for the taking.
Don't worry brother, you weren't the only ones. But no one meant harm, just padding one's nest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul S.