Rare color photo WWII

[sakorick]

No name or unit given....listed a soldier sleeps on the rocks in the sun.

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[shadycon]

Neat picture; looks correct. frayed sling, no upgrades! GK

[TBIRD430]

Seems like I've seen this on a site called "Pintrest".
It was listed in a few pics from the Italian Campaign.

[browningautorifle]

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.

[Bill Hollinger]

"Without waking him"! Thanks Jim, that was a good laugh

[DaveHH]

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.

[Seaspriter]

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?

[browningautorifle]

Looks like a 2Lt bar to me.

[INLAND44]

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.

[browningautorifle]

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.