Members in Uniforms Part 2

[Asienizen]

Here is my "acting debut. I played a French soldier in a Vietnamese TV series. We shot a few scenes in the countryside of north Vietnam. I don't know how accurate the kit was, but it was what the costume department gave us to wear. Fun day for all involved.

 

[Widebrim]

^^Wow, great opportunity, Asienizen. Is that a U.S. pistol belt you're wearing?

 

[Asienizen]

^^Wow, great opportunity, Asienizen. Is that a U.S. pistol belt you're wearing?

Thanks Wb. But honestly I don't know if it is a US pistol belt. The TV station doing the filming is a public station, so they got their gear from the Vietnamese army. I assume that the army just gave them a bunch of material captured during the 30 years of intermittent war. I saw a smattering of French, American, Chinese, and Russian gear. I had a French SMG in one scene, then an American Springfield 03 in the next, then a Browning 1917 later. I'll try to pay better attention next time, but you probably know more about that gear than I do.

 

[alsendk]

Here`s a picture of me, as a recruit, becoming a sergeant in 72, taken at an airfield strip in Denmark.
I believe most of the gear I wear, originally was american, including the Garand Rifle. But this was how we were equipped those days. Our parade uniform however was very danish...making us look like a bus driver, when wearing it.

 

[Widebrim]

^^An M-1 rifle? Wow. The webbing on your helmet (along with the Garand and the uniform) really make you look like an American GI in the ETO of WWII.

 

[Otter]

Asienizen, love the MAT 59, it looks almost new!

 

[Renault]

Yes Widebrim that's a USGI belt.

MAT 49 Otter!

Me a while back;

 

[p51]

At a display of my war correspondent collection, assisted by a pal who collects military cameras:

 

[rjb1]

Lee - You look good , but where are the cameras?

Concerning Danish Garands, a few years ago there were a lot of those imported to the US, and people like them a lot since they are accurate and very well kept - thanks, Alsendk. (Unlike imported Korean Garands which were mostly in terrible shape.)

 

[timothy d]

Real looking pictures enjoyed them. timothy

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Not WW2...but a couple weeks before DSGT school 1971...

 

[Jim Flynn]

A couple of me, one in WW2 rig and another of me deployed in the former Yugoslavia in about 1993 under the UN.

 

[alsendk]

Not WW2...but a couple weeks before DSGT school 1971...

Looking good there...love the V sign

 

[Dennis Young]

The only one I have of me in uniform. I was in boot camp. 1980.

 

[Luftwaffe-Jacket-Wanted]

Splendid! Great, wow, thx for sharing these pics, wow!