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Peiper007 said:
The pockets on the uniform are to big, the uniforms with the bigger pockets were not introduced until after D-Day
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Since 1941 the jump suit featured a jacket with 4 large bellows pockets and trousers with large thigh pockets. Shortly after the Normandy operations the 1941 suits were being replaced by the M1943 uniform in an attempt to ensure standardization of appearence amongst all of the US army soldiers, also to solve the problem of acquisition and resupply by doing away with various specialty uniforms. Paratroopers were very upset and in an effort to preserve some of their individuality and to improve upon the new suit's carrying capacity, large pockets resembling those found on the earlier jump suits,were added to the thighs of the new trousers. So thigh pockets have always been part of the para uniform.
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Guy said:
Raymont: almost spot on
guy{sm4}
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Guy,

If I am not wrong, both the 82nd and 101st Airborne did not adopt the practice of attaching the First Aid Pack to the helmet for Op. Overlord. It was the 101st that did this for Op. Market Garden.

Thanks, Raymond.:)
 
glossman said:
Guy,

If I am not wrong, both the 82nd and 101st Airborne did not adopt the practice of attaching the First Aid Pack to the helmet for Op. Overlord. It was the 101st that did this for Op. Market Garden.

Thanks, Raymond.:)
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Raymond and Firstlegion ( who sent me a private message)are spot on.
The D-day paras did not have the supplementary bandage helmet pouch. It was first seen during operation Market Garden and it was a result of the lessons learned during the Normandy campaign nl the need to have a more readily available bandage .When a para got hit, he himself or his mates did not have to go through all his pockets to find his first aid kit. BUT.....
1.The 82nd Para Div NEVER wore a first aid kit on their helmets.( So 2 mistakes regarding the J.Wayne pics from the movie " the Longest Day)
2.During Op Market Garden only the 501st and 502nd /101 Div used this method
3.There was an over-all interdiction to wear a first aid kit on the helmet during the BOB. It enlarged the visual silhouette of the soldier and became a clear aiming spot for German snipers to deliver a bull's eye shot in the forehead or the head of a soldier.

This is the anwser to my question and this is the common mistake that you can find in the 3 pictures of the K&C D-Day paras I showed earlier.
Hope you found it interesting.
Guy:wink2:
 
arnhem44mad said:
Green webbing?^&confuse
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The web color was changed from OD#3 (tanish light olive drab) to OD #7 (darker, more green OD) circa 1943. The change was to have the webbing match the OD#7 of the M1943 combat uniform and the HBT fatigues. However it took time for the various contractors to change over. Light OD web gear was common through WW2 and into Korea. "Green" web gear would have shown up, likely mixed with the "tan" web gear. Interestingly, one sees a lot of musette bags (the light field pack) in "tan" OD, but very few in "green" OD.

Gary B.
 
Guy said:
Raymond and Firstlegion ( who sent me a private message)are spot on.
The D-day paras did not have the supplementary bandage helmet pouch. It was first seen during operation Market Garden and it was a result of the lessons learned during the Normandy campaign nl the need to have a more readily available bandage .When a para got hit, he himself or his mates did not have to go through all his pockets to find his first aid kit. BUT.....
1.The 82nd Para Div NEVER wore a first aid kit on their helmets.( So 2 mistakes regarding the J.Wayne pics from the movie " the Longest Day)
2.During Op Market Garden only the 501st and 502nd /101 Div used this method
3.There was an over-all interdiction to wear a first aid kit on the helmet during the BOB. It enlarged the visual silhouette of the soldier and became a clear aiming spot for German snipers to deliver a bull's eye shot in the forehead or the head of a soldier.

This is the anwser to my question and this is the common mistake that you can find in the 3 pictures of the K&C D-Day paras I showed earlier.
Hope you found it interesting.
Guy:wink2:
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To me the real mistake is the American Flag patch. It is facing the wrong way on the movie pics and K&C figures. Can't deny that.........
 
PanzerAce1944 said:
To me the real mistake is the American Flag patch. It is facing the wrong way on the movie pics and K&C figures. Can't deny that.........
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Sorry PanzerAce, but there is nothing wrong with the flag patch
look at the picture of Darrel Shifty Powers from Easy Comp photographed in his original jump suit and compare with the TS
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band_of_brothers_hero_darrell_swifty_powers_dies.jpgK&C DD031.jpg
 
PanzerAce
look at the pictures of the 101st in WWII and the 101st today . You will see that today they have the flag patch on their sleeve as you described it .
Guy:smile2:
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Thank for posting Guy , very interesting reading ^&cool
 
The airborne first-aid kit should not be worn on the front of the helmet. It wasn't worn that way till Operation Market Garden. On D-Day, I believe the kit was commonly just attached to the web harness.

Noah
 
Fusilier said:
The airborne first-aid kit should not be worn on the front of the helmet. It wasn't worn that way till Operation Market Garden. On D-Day, I believe the kit was commonly just attached to the web harness.

Noah
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Spot on Noah
guy:smile2:
 
Great thread Guy, I really enjoyed reading and being a part of it, and I learned a lot, `cause I could swear the problem was the flag... BTW, does anybody now why and when the 101st changed the side the flag is facing?
 
This turned out to be a fun thread and a learning experience. Thanks. -- Al
 
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