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Post by captainbrenandsten on Aug 21, 2010 23:33:37 GMT -5
were some ETO soldiers issued the dough boy or brodie helmet? because im thinking of buying one for my captain impression during the Italy campaign.
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Adler69
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Post by Adler69 on Aug 21, 2010 23:45:17 GMT -5
Not in Italy , the only troops who even had the old helmets where some of the Rangers that went on the Dieppe Raid in 1942.
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Cpl. Hicks
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Post by Cpl. Hicks on Aug 22, 2010 1:47:31 GMT -5
were some ETO soldiers issued the dough boy or brodie helmet? because im thinking of buying one for my captain impression during the Italy campaign. Wait, are you talking about British or American?
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Post by Fusilier on Aug 22, 2010 9:22:40 GMT -5
Ummm the Brodie helmet is the British WW1 steel pot. The American is the M1917. The only times I know that the American troops wore those in combat were Pearl Harbor, Wake Island and the Philippines. Never in Europe,except,like Adler said, on the Dieppe Raid.
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Post by captainbrenandsten on Aug 22, 2010 9:25:53 GMT -5
well my grandpa was issued one
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Post by Fusilier on Aug 22, 2010 9:27:15 GMT -5
well my grandpa was issued one >> AND, where was he? What was he in.Army,Marines?
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Post by captainbrenandsten on Aug 22, 2010 9:31:38 GMT -5
Army and he was in WW1
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Post by springfieldarmory on Aug 22, 2010 10:10:03 GMT -5
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Post by captainbrenandsten on Aug 22, 2010 10:17:36 GMT -5
he was in both world wars. got into WW1 at age 15. lied about his age.
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Post by Fusilier on Aug 22, 2010 10:49:01 GMT -5
>> They were Kelly helmets. M1917 shells, with new liners and chinstraps. I have one on my shelf next to me.
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Adler69
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Post by Adler69 on Aug 22, 2010 12:51:48 GMT -5
well my grandpa was issued one He was issued one like you said in WWI , not WWII , by the time he got to Italy he was using the M1 helmet , unless he told the Army thanks but i will wear my M1917 save the new M1 for them younger fellas . And no offense , but maybe your impression should start as a private not a Captain , there has never been a 15 year old Captain in the US Army as far as i can tell.
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Post by Fusilier on Aug 22, 2010 13:42:30 GMT -5
Yeah,weren't even too many 16,17 18 and 19 year old captains either!
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Post by springfieldarmory on Aug 22, 2010 13:48:07 GMT -5
>> They were Kelly helmets. M1917 shells, with new liners and chinstraps. I have one on my shelf next to me. Yeah, i just referred to it as the M1917 a1 (that's the technical designation, right?)
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Post by Fusilier on Aug 22, 2010 14:33:04 GMT -5
You are correct. Mine also has a VERY rough exterior. Web chinstrap, had to replace the liner with a good reproduction.
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petermartin14
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Post by petermartin14 on Aug 22, 2010 17:57:28 GMT -5
wow.sounds like quite the history lived through by your grandpa.my grandpa was also quite young, but in ww2, he joined the Navy .good luck with your impression.
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Post by captainbrenandsten on Aug 22, 2010 18:14:33 GMT -5
he started as a private in 1917 and i looked through his diary from ww2 and when he was in england on leave someone stole his m1 helmet so he went to the nearest base and he asked for a helmet. the supply sergeant told him they only had old issue "dough boy" helmets. FYI: when i said my grandpa i meant my great grandpa, it was easier to type grandpa because i was tired.
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Post by volkssturm on Aug 22, 2010 22:49:36 GMT -5
I ran across a picture identified as Guadalcanal recently, a group of men around an F4F Wildcat. One of them was wearing the old dishpan helmet. The rest were wearing the M1.
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Post by 10target on Aug 31, 2010 14:09:00 GMT -5
It was mostly issued for the Marines in the Phillipines due to constant Japanese artillery debris falling from the sky. After that the M1 came back into play and that's what you mainly see in the old ww2 photos.
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