When I was issued dog tags in 2003 in the army they obviously did not have the notch and they are the same stamp as on this gentleman's tags of backwards punch, rearward stamping, if you will. However when I was working at the Army surplus store here in Buffalo New York they had an original machine from world War II era and proper tags so I sat at the machine and made up a pair. It was a front Punch or top stamp style. Quite a different look in comparison. Small detail I thought to observe. Lol

Just received my copy of this outstanding book. It's amazing. Definitely recommend for the collector, re-enactor, researcher, and modellers alike. The book is a right slab of information. It's heavy, well made, and rammed with information, pictures, blueprints, and so on. All in all, it's definitely one of the best GI collectors books out there. There are definitely hours of reading. Well done.

Hi again, I've just found out from watching an interview with a 501stPIR veteran (Tom Rice) what the 501 used for face blackening: "Some of the fellas wiped their fingers through the exhaust pipes of the engine...and smeared the exhaust on their faces, mixed with a little bit of oil from the crankcase" Interestingly, he says the crickets signals were the one click, then one click, then two, then three etc. Maybe it was a 501st thing?

2:45 Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, probably the funniest thing I've ever seen on MD44 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dan vs. Dog

4:18 hahaha, "the collection that doesn't exist" lol

Thanks for the good info! I’ll have to try to piece this together for my DDay impression. Until then I can tell the public what would have been carried!

Book should interrest the stitch counters?🙄 Jman

i dont think we will be able to come until next Thursday (not 100 percent sure) but any recommendations for places to go in normandy because we are going there

thanks for the shoutout i ran into the garden to tell me mum about it

hi dan im on my mums account its Connor from Capel nice to see you uploading

I ought to buy some patch’s probs gonna need some 82nd maybe some 83rd and some others. I’m hopeful that the family cost of arms one I asked about is doable, I’m sure you’ll figure it out lol 😂

I went to capel it’s a lovely show saw the miss drop 44 area it was so cool. loved the parachutes as tents had a speak to you l I saw you with my Dad I love the channel keep up the good work !

Nice one mate. I’ve bought your GI41-45 patch and it is very high quality and looks great. Thanks!

Love the videos and your work, keep doing what you're doing!

So it’s hot for you as well. At this temperature I might go home to find my M42s have un-CC2’d due to the heat, and there’ll be a puddle of wax on the floor

The belt comes with a cupholder 😆

Any idea where to get chewing gum strips? I can't find them anywhere except Ebay. With the tablet chewing gums, they're the only ones I can find at the moment (nobody seems to make sticks), I've made the "Dentyne" type ones as seen on K-Ration info.

3:39 His name looks like it would be pronounced "DeLaytre" the last 'e' being silent, probably French

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha......hahah.......hahaha................. That's probably how much I laughed each second of the video, silliest, dumbest, stupidly farby brawl of "fallacious accoutrements and reprehensible baggage" I've ever seen. Why, WHY, the japanese attacking? In a village in America?!?!!?

love this i watch it every day whilst i eat my Weetabix i can have the same struggle as you groups in the uk have a very 'relaxed way of doing it'

Quick question, do you know where I can find the chewing gum for K-rations? Places like Waitrose seem to only have Extra, I don't know if that's the right shape. Cheers, Parrottrooper

K-Ration cans - the best sized cans I've found are Waitrose's Salmon can's, I bought a couple the other day, not very keen on eating salmon every event though. M&S do the same cans, but with the opening thing like normal can's (Waitrose's ones require can openers). NZ was much better for this kind of thing, you could get 5 flavours of Tuna and 7 of Chicken, better than Salmon.

Finally, I have seen all of your videos, it's taken me a while, now I need to finish reading through the MD44 website (yes, I've been reading through the website, and making repros of any items that look easy enough to make)

16:44 Four Candles, some idiot will probably use that as an excuse to carry Fork Handles with him ; )

I just noticed something rather odd, If you watch the part where you talk about the pocket flap "spoon" pocket, slow it down to 0.5 speed and it makes you sound a bit drunk...

Apple, Squirrel

I just had this video running in the background whilst designing K-Ration items on Paint 3D and Word, the problem is I make all this stuff and then realise I don't have a box to put it in, so I'm in the process of persuading my parents to let me buy some boxes from K-Ration info... If you see me eating K-rations at the next couple events, you'll know I succeeded.

If one day you are overcome with boredom and can't think of anything to do, you can do a video like this, but designing patches as opposed to field manuals.

1:40 "The Max is marked"... You know what I'm about to say... Is it marked September?

Funny thing: I started laughing so badly right in the start because I was thinking it's somewhere in France... It's my homeland country and I didn't even recognize it... :DDD

3:18 Victory is probably Max's favourite show because it's in September

So did the 101st have m1 carbines (with stock ) ?

Im afaid i bought one without seeing your video.Same guy, same picture, he hasnt shipped yet, ive asked him for my money so back thanks for the head up 👍

So he won’t have French fries but he’ll have a coke and ice cream 😂

Hahaha, funnily enough, he's in my re-enactment group, (in New Zealand, not Aus). Last time I saw him at an event his kit was better than this, I think he had a pistol belt with riggers, it was all dirty, however his helmet net was a very light tan, almost white colour, and there's no CC2. 3:30 he mentioned his helmet being the "economy version", my ATF helmet is the same I think it's called the mixed parts M1c, mine's a postwar shell with dan original Westinghouse liner, in my opinion not bad for 150 ish USD.

Our problems we have is we portray ground crews and so many so called pilots and aircrew have ZERO practical experience and are unsafe around aircraft.

1:38 gauche is left, droite is right. 3:11 if I'm not mistaken, 3/506 also used them as they were mixed up with 1/506, leading to them using the dots on the helmet as shown about 9:05.

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"La Hwee de pwit" Hahaha, even I can't pronounce it correctly, and I speak French. I think it's spelt "La Haye De Puits" so I think it's pronounced "La Hey De Pwi", but again I could be wrong. At 12:40 in the video, the leaflet you showed said "General Eisenhower Addresses the occupied countries" and the other says "The Allied Armies are Landing", in other words the invasion taking place. That's pronounced "Les Armay Allyay daybark", the French love having silent letters at the end of their words ;)

Haha, I just glanced down at the bottom right corner of your screen and saw you recorded this through midnight...well done, that's devotion, half the time I can't even be bothered to make videos, which reminds me I have to make a video this Sunday... uh oh.

By the way, I think they still make Charms, I bought three from a sweet shop in New Zealand (I'll buy loads more when I go back). They look pretty similar except they're in silver foil and the design's a bit different. I tried a couple and they're just square-shaped hard candy, and very sticky. Let me know if you want pics and I'll send you some.

101st Leg Ties are OD#3 ish webbing, single layered and about one inch wide. The 82nd ones are an OD#7 ish canvas like the reinforcing on the elbows, knees and pockets, and are folded over and sewn in the middle. It appears the hornbeam ones are neither, they look like chocolate HBT.

You should see his rifle

Lmao he's young

As a newborn reenactor I was outraged by that video! But it is true that to if you do SS as I do, you may look more oriented to the right as SS were under strict party control and every member of WSS was a party member or national socialist sympathizer. HOWEVER, if these people think that makes us nazis............. Get educated. :(

Regarding the weird poppers on the M42s, I think they're ATF's cheaper "JQMD" versions, they're also identifiable as the canvas reinforcing looks grey-ish. I have the same ones and the poppers do look odd when the pocket's flat, but when filled it looks fine (motivation to fill pockets).

The 506th's commander was Robert F. Sink, it was also nicknamed "The Five-O-Sink". I think the stencil would have been RS.

brilliant intereview i was watching stuff about the facebook medals and saw your collection it looks brilliant could you do a collection tore please ?

SMW are pretty good as well

EFFED up liners?😂 Jman