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15-158 Garand Picture of the Day - D-day
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Nice shine on those boots!
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The M1
helmets, do they have the thick green early (Hawley?) fiber liners?
No re-enforcing on the M42 jump suits and the trooper on left closest is carrying (?) a standard M1 Carbine, but not the para model. So, possibly not D-Day (or am I missing the point?).
Great pic whatever, thanks.
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Looks like a training jump to me. the pictures I've seen of the loaded planes on D Day were so full of the men and their equipment that it was almost impossible to move down the aisle.
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Corcoran jump boots, note the slant on the front of the heel.
Real men measure once and cut.
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Originally Posted by
Charlie303
(Hawley?) fiber liners?
It sure does look like the Hawley liner. Great big bead at the edge. Could be just a photo for a training FM? There's no anchor line cable down the center of the aircraft either...hook up would be a b*tch... Note the spare photo lamp set up half way along shining on the man at the cockpit door...pretty sure that ain't standard.
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