- Member since
December 2007
- From: Newnan, Ga
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Sorry if I'm a tad late with an answer but you'd be looking at a long sleevewool undershirt with a button up wool shirt over that. Most guys wore a regular cotton type t shirt but the army didn't want that to be seen so most tried to hide it unless they were doing calethenstics. Most kept the wool undershirt on because even thought it was June-July when most GI's showed up at the scene it still got cool at night and when it rained it just made it worse. Put your combat suit over that (be it tanker jacket or m41's 42's and 43's etc..) and even the smallest guy will look like a superhero. One of the guys in Band of Brothers talks about putting on the jumpsuit made you feel bigger than life...When I do my 82nd Airborne for reenactments I do feel bigger. Not just because of what it represents but because it adds a lot of extra bulk and padding!!! Your average GI back then was probably around 5' 7" and weighed around 150 lbs (wouldn't that be nice...) but looked much bigger in photos and war documentaries. They were all superheros as far as I'm concerned!!!
The existence of flamethrowers is proof that someone, somewhere, said to himself, "I want to set those people over there on fire, but I don't feel like walking over there to do it."
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