June 6th 1944

[Micawber]

Lest We Forget
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[bazzer]

 

[ausreenactor]

To the greatest Airborne Division of the Second World War!

The 82nd!

 

[Ritchy]

 

[Silver Surfer]

way to go. thanx for posting.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Nice photos, pure historical record

 

[ausreenactor]

Great pics and love that '03 Springfield on the guy grabbing the pack board!

 

[Chandler]

Great pics and love that '03 Springfield on the guy grabbing the pack board!

And what appear to be jump boots -- or is that bad colorization?

 

[JonnyCrow]

Good variety of M1 helmets some very smooth and some with a cork finish still, or are those the new recruits

 

[ausreenactor]

Could they be USN Seebees?

The jump boots were also 'beach' boots.

'Spearheading D-Day' shows a lot of units/enablers who were issued the jump boots.

 

[ausreenactor]

The actual pic is in the book!

'A Boat Team'. 1st, 4th or 29th ID A Rifle Grenadier then?

USN CDUs, Beach Battalions, the Engineer Special Brigades and some Ranger elements s had the jump boots.

 

[Chandler]

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USN CDUs, Beach Battalions, the Engineer Special Brigades and some Ranger elements s had the jump boots.

Dunno, looks like leggings in that closeup. Bad colorization.

Also looks like the original photo puts the horizon line at, well -- horizontal, too.

 

[leper-colony]

Dunno, looks like leggings in that closeup. Bad colorization.

Also looks like the original photo puts the horizon line at, well -- horizontal, too.

Leggings, to my USA eyeballs.

 

[leper-colony]

The actual pic is in the book!

'A Boat Team'. 1st, 4th or 29th ID A Rifle Grenadier then?

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USN CDUs, Beach Battalions, the Engineer Special Brigades and some Ranger elements s had the jump boots.

Jonathan Gawne's FB profile is here, if you want to see if he knows: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.gawne.5

 

[ausreenactor]

Jonathan Gawne's FB profile is here, if you want to see if he knows: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.gawne.5

The Man himself!

 

[Micawber]

Another year, another 6th of June.

Lest We Forget.

 

[flyincowboy]

A place to visit very impressive Been there so many times.

 

[Hazayad]

Operation TONGA, DZ K, Sannerville.

and 75 years later:

Four year ago now...

Lest we forget!

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Visited Melville battery and Ouistreham and the Pegasus bridge ,many years ago

 

[Blackboxr1200S]

Operation Overlord, 79 years already...

Took these on our last vacation in Normandy.