11-218 Garand Picture of the Day

[Snafu]

A rare photo of Marines (perhaps para ?) whith a Johnson LMA and camo clothes...

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[Mark in Rochester]

Jump boots

[browningautorifle]

Those guys have all the scarce stuff. They need to just drop their gear in a pile and walk away...

[Mark in Rochester]

[RCS]

just a matter of time before they throw that Reising into the pacific

[Bill Hollinger]

Looks like it's brand new too!

[Bob Seijas]

Yes, jump boots in the first photo, not in the last. You can tell by the beveled front of the heel. That's so it doesn't catch on anything when they "stand up, hook up, SHUFFLE to the door, step right out and count to four"

[browningautorifle]

The boots on the left bottom photo. What are they? They have a bead around the toe top. The others have a toe cap like jumpers. The shoulder rig with the LMG looks more like a Heiser???than an M3 or anything. Second pic has all the old pattern stuff. Jump helmet which was mostly flying helmet, I'll bet that's a 1911 he has and the Reising has already been slandered so I'll leave that.