You of course had the radio plus xtra batteries & handsets plus your rucksack with 7 to 8 canteens , 20 mags ( I used to carry 17 rounds in the mags instead of 20 ) because the springs would force the round into the chamber causing jams . Pararescue U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and a simulated 'survivor' watch as an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter comes in for a landing. The infantryman of World War II had a much better chance of surviving some wounds which would have been fatal during previous wars. Love this analysis. I am proud to have fought alongside of them. They didnt know it, but they were about 60 miles from the Rhine River, which lay to the North, and less than one hundred miles east of Stuttgart, Germany. The basics for every soldier, shown here, including hard tack. a RTO got killed, it happened within 5 seconds but not that always ALL RTOs got killed. An American infantryman inspects the body of a dead German in July 1944, near St. Both served in A 2/18 1st Infantry Division. More severely wounded were sent, by ambulance or by rail, to forward surgical posts. Since the shower and clothing issue often took place in the dead of winter and outdoors, it was an invigorating experience, but a not very frequent one. Tony told me that either he or I would greet all incoming troops and we did- and here is the speech we gave to them. They were also in a circular formation. He said fighting was especially deadly in the war-torn city of Bakhmut, dubbed "the meat. U.S. Army Infantrymen MOS 11B have many duties and responsibilities. Correctable vision must be 20/20 in one eye, and 20/100 in the other eye. Axes were useful, but not all men in the squad needed to carry one. During the Second World War, the US military purchased about 1.9 million Colt .45 semiautomatic pistols, manufactured by Colt Firearms and under license by the Remington Rand Typewriter Company, Singer Sewing Machine Company, and other contractors. Also: for years I have read those life-expectancy numbers never really understanding them, but also noting that they wildly vary. When in close proximity to the enemy smoking at night was forbidden, as were cooking fires or open flames.
