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My Father in Law earned a Silver Star and Purple Heart for action on Bougainville on 12 March 1944
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Ear plugs were on issue or is that just the typical "cotton wool"?
They've been there for a bit by the platform built and dugout(?) behind.
Fuse-setter on the right?
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Originally Posted by
Surpmil
or is that just the typical "cotton wool"?
Was any form of ear protection common in WW2? I remember a WW2 gunner, long since passed, telling me that he didn't use any and he had very poor hearing later in life as a result.
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I remember finding jars with wax ear plugs that were intended for loud artillery.
From the above photo, it would appear some of the men have ear plugs
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Deaf
I recall one year a new LT made the mistake of standing between two M48 tanks on the firing line using his binoculars to see what they hit. They both fired at once and the blast deflectors forced most of the blast right at him... DEAF.
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Originally Posted by
Flying10uk
Was any form of ear protection common in WW2? I remember a WW2 gunner, long since passed, telling me that he didn't use any and he had very poor hearing later in life as a result.
Not in the RA or RFA to judge by the deaf former members of those branches I encountered earlier in life.
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during battle for Hill 260 on Bougainville
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