Members in Uniforms Part 2

[Kitty_Sheridan]

That Great War pic is superb Mr Cobden!

 

[Cobden]

^^Great photographs, Cobden, especially the first. Fill me in on the other two.

Top is Great War (2nd Lt, 10th Battalion the Essex Regiment, Circa 1917); middle is Chindits 1944, last is Merchant Airman (BOAC), WWII

That Great War pic is superb Mr Cobden!

Many thanks, it's one of my favourites!

 

[Smithy]

Fantastic stuff Cobden, the Chindit impression is my favourite, looks like a photo from the period.

Great photos everyone, keep them coming.

 

[Spitfire]

Wow - this is better than I ever expected! Keep'm coming!

 

[Renault]

Okay, a few more!

 

[Widebrim]

^^Great, Renault! Is the bottom intended to be French-Indochinese War?

 

[Renault]

^^Great, Renault! Is the bottom intended to be French-Indochinese War?

Yes, we had a big Indochine event down here June before last! We had very agressive Viet Minh forces (as they should be) and all the advantages lay in their camp. French union forces had to tend with our wounded, supplies, attrition, poor commo, and all the things that make things lousy on the battlefield! The VM had none of these problems factored into their operations!!!! This method worked outextremely well. This photo was of our patrol on it's way back from it's objective. The cool thing about this era is practically all the equipment and uniforms we use are the original thing!!!!

Renault

 

[Slim Tim]

Here's a picture of me with the Third Inf. division having some fun:

I have more reenacting photos I'll upload later.

 

[Widebrim]

^^Nice. Nice irony of the "no firearms" sign being in the background...

 

[Chasseur]

Signing with Renault here, Lt. of the 2nd Marine Infanty Regiment during the Algerian War. Standing next to a guy who does both WWII and Korean War Marine impressions at living history events (and is a Korean War Marine vet to boot! Great guy).

Almost all the set of kit I had were original, though I had to make do with the 1960s-70s era trousers... Sadly, when my son came and expenses went up the whole batch of kit, the MAS 49, and the MAB pistol had to be sold. (but I kept the kepi! )

 

[Marcus]

1914 Prussian Infantryman:

Prussian NCO Pilot based on Vizefeldwebel Rudolf Windisch (right)

 

[cco23i]

Looking good Marcus!

 

[Widebrim]

Man, Marcus, those are some great uniforms and photos! Have you got any German in you? I noticed that some other posts of you featured uniforms from the Fatherland.

 

[Renault]

1914 Prussian Infantryman:

Prussian NCO Pilot based on Vizefeldwebel Rudolf Windisch (right)

Marcus,

You are making it extremely difficult, ol man! I don't wanna start another impression!!!! ;-)

BTW, today is "Camerone Day"! The most sacred day in the Legion!!!!! April 30, 1863!

Vive la Legion!

Renault

 

[Gray Ghost]

Chaplain of the 13th Air Force Veterans Association

This is me when I was Chaplain to my Father's Reunion group, the 13th Air Force Veterans Association. I was real tired in this photo. I had just finished Jitterbugging at the Hanger dance during one of the reunions. Had a blast.

 

[Gray Ghost]

My XO, Capt. Dave Howes, and me, the CO, Maj. Eric L. Russ of the NC Wing APS. We are in front of one of our jeeps, Betty's Boop of HQ Squadron, XIII Fighter Command, 13th Air Force.

 

[p51]

I’ve been a re-enactor since the age of 5 (during the bicentennial of the revolution). I’ve done many different time periods, some of which I doubt I even have photos of anymore. But here’s a selection of various photos of me in uniform.

US Civil War, taken at Gettysburg (one of only three photos of me dressed as a Yankee as I grew up doing CSA field artillery:

WW1:

WW2 War Correspondent:

WW2 USAAF:

Me, front row far right kneeling:

 

[p51]

Me in my 1944 Willys Jeep:

Desert Storm: I belong to a group that does displays for this time period. Check us out here: http://desertstorm20th.webs.com/

And modern (1998-2006) US Army:

 

[p51]

and finally...

And not exactly history, as such…:

I couldn’t resist posting this, you’ll either recognize all of it, or you won’t:

 

[Widebrim]

^^^Great photos, p51. Did you serve in the artillery?