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Discussion in 'Western Europe 1943 - 1945' started by OpanaPointer, Dec 23, 2016.

  1. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    ...the day being June 6th, in France...

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    I see they confiscated some equipment.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Busted MG-42, yeah. I wonder if the "Hey, don't shoot" show was because they'd ripped off a few rounds and caught the attention of other GI's in a bad way?
     
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    I bet that's exactly what happened. Good inference.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    An "old" neighbor had shared a similar story with me before I shipped out for S.E.A. He had been in a Blue-on-Blue in the Ardennes because of similar circumstances. I got to see a picture of him getting a Purple Heart from Old Blood-n-Guts.
     
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    Please tell me that was framed above his fireplace
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Nope, in a box in his closet. I don't think he was completely over the war in 1969.
     
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    I'm going to suggest another alternative: He's trying to see of any snipers are around and is raising his helmet to get them to fire at it so that they can locate him.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    They'd be piss poor if they bought that, I think. It's clearly a carbine under the helmet. Sniper school in the US taught the men not to go for the obvious ruses. I'd accept a "buck fever" shot, however.
     
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    From the angle of the photo it looks like the photographer was standing up and not taking cover. Posed picture?
     
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    Or just a gap in the hedge. Notice that the troops in the background have a higher hedge to cover them. It could be posed, of course, but I think the photographer had enough cover to get up a bit. The angle to the ground in the foreground gives me a lens height of about four feet.
     
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