13-044 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

June 23, 1943: U.S. Army reinforcements land on a beach in Attu, Alaska on during World War II. - U.S. troops invaded Attu on May 11 to expel the Japanese from the Aleutians.

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[browningautorifle]

Jumpers with the seldom seen hand cart...what's that one small wheel off to the right?

[emmagee1917]

The small wheel is the handcart's wheel of what you speak . OR are you thinking the 75mm pac is a handcart ? Figure it is from Bastone ?
Chris

[browningautorifle]

OR are you thinking the 75mm pac is a handcart

Why yes I was...how careless of me. Bastogne makes perfect sence. They were trucked in to that one, so the absence of the much prized cup chinstraps in the pics also makes sence.

[emmagee1917]

Pac crews were Glider Riders , did they wear para helments ?
Chris

[browningautorifle]

did they wear para helments

I don't think they did. But...these guys have oxblood jump boots. You had to be airborne to wear those. No leg would have lived through having them. If you remove the chinstrap, it's hard to tell if they're jump helmets.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Watched the classic "The Longest Day" the other night. Lots of great actors in that one even real heros Like Eddie Albert. Even had a young Shaun Connery with a Bren. If you haven't seen in in a while (like me) watch it again.
Time well spent.

[Bill Hollinger]

The M3A4 hand cart I had had the tractor type tread tire and small wheel like the one at the far right . Yeah, seeing hand carts is kind of neat.

[Paul S.]

The last three pictures on this linked page shows 325th Glider Infantry. They appear to be wearing 'jump boots'.

The 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR) during World War II

[browningautorifle]

So they do. Wonder if the pic is labelled correctly? Wonder if they're qualified Para also? The other pics below that show close ups and they all appear to have jump wings. I know there's a couple other guys around here know for sure...now where are they?