Uniform of the American G.I. on D-Day

[@Simplehistory]

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[@wardsquidcirca1999]

Nice

[@luke_sv6702]

*E*

[@TrimbyGaming]

Looks awesome

[@TrimbyGaming]

@Christian Edward that pilot would love that

[@toltori2445]

Looks good

[@aggelosgerakaritis5688]

You guys should make a series out of this, showing uniforms and equipmemt of different factions of WW1 and WW2.

[@jean-sebastienmatte2358]

I greatly second that

[@karl4319]

i think they used to do a series like that a few years ago, but there hasnt been any new videos since.

[@aggelosgerakaritis5688]

@@karl4319 Yeah, they talked about the factions and what they did during the war, but they didn't talk about their uniforms and equiment. Also, their videos have been greatly improved since then, so they will look much better now.

[@Ryan_7389]

modern

[@giganticranger5692]

I think they kind of already did in the video called "German Infantryman vs British Infantryman, World War 2"

[@PeteCorp]

Love this. Definitely would like to see a series.

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[@perpetualcowlick5678]

I still have my great grandfather's french-english manual. Small red book. Fits in any pocket. Still good today.

[@Hut71]

Wow, that's really cool! I wish I had one of those, I wanna go to Canada one day. Most people speak French there.

[@EmbeddedWithin]

@@Hut71 I feel so sad you are the only non bot reply on this comment….

[@azharzuhairyazmi6878]

Sooo you have mao's little red book?

[@parallellia1509]

@@azharzuhairyazmi6878 I was about to say that too

[@Hut71]

@@EmbeddedWithin I know right... ): XD

[@tempo529]

0:42 I bet the soldiers back then wished their landing craft were that fast!

[@nobleactual7616]

@thx post your irrelevant links elsewhere

[@DiscD62]

Faster = faster death

[@tempo529]

@@DiscD62 slower means more time for accurate fire from defenders.

[@jerry12314]

I had a talk about this with my uncle and I told him they could not have wished for anything since everything that happened in this war was totally brand new and they don't know any other way until it was really over.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

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[@giganticranger5692]

Everything is better when Simple History uploads a new video.

[@Hut71]

Your right.

[@marcusgotosleep4853]

@thx the video is cringe, stop sending it

[@RuminatingKiwi927]

@@marcusgotosleep4853 what is it

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[@adriani.m4163]

True

[@philoman699]

Saving private Ryan showed this well with the guy drowning…

[@adriani.m4163]

Yep

[@xx_insert_cool_username_he6876]

Yeah

[@winter1353]

The waterproof bag and the gum too

[@Magnus_Inno]

Never noticed

[@Magnus_Inno]

Nevermind I saw

[@GeorgeSemel]

I played with a lot of that stuff as a kid in the 1960's, there was still massive amounts of it laying around. I had a WW II issued canteen that I used when I was in the boy scouts. My troop use a lot of surplus gear.

[@Ceblet]

Military Surplus is always fun to get your hands on, I have an old ammo box that I use for storage for DvDs and a Canteen love em both

[@curtisalan4402]

That wool sleeping bag with canvas outer, kept me warm a few cub scout camping nights.

[@nimitz1739]

Heck yeah because they made millions of that stuff. You can still find it everywhere for sell. That and Vietnam web gear.

[@funwithmatches700]

The uniform with the blue and white "yin yang" symbol at 2:52 was featured in Saving Private Ryan and is the 29th Infantry Division, an Army National Guard division headquartered in VA. They were one of two divisions to storm Omaha with the rangers on D-Day. I just felt I'd include this as they deserve more recognition

[@nimitz1739]

The yang Yang symbol also had I meaning. Because that Division apparently had a equal amount or Soldiers whose ancestors fought for both the North and South during the American Civil War. Now they would be fighting together..

[@silverhawkscape2677]

It's interesting to know that Hitler likely never deployed gas being a victim of gas himself in WW1.

[@lasombra1469]

That's what PTSD does to you buddy

[@brookall123]

It was also a war crime to put it on the battlefield

[@Ben-td1zv]

@@brookall123 I understand your point. However I don't think Hitler was concerned about war crimes.

[@lasombra1469]

@@Ben-td1zv especially Tojo

[@brookall123]

@@lasombra1469 Tojo a evil emperor who committed war crimes now he is a war crime

[@rommelthebreton]

Just what I needed to start on my US reenactor loadout. Thanks, Simple History!

[@rommelthebreton]

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[@rommelthebreton]

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[@frankpolly]

you're going to need more info than this for reenactment. with reenactment you are basing yourself on a unit, so what you want to do is find out which unit you want to portray or which unit of reenactors you want to join and then base your loadout on what that specific unit used. You can use this video to make an airsoft loadout though.

[@garmenlin5990]

I always remember the scenes of Omaha Beach were soldiers carried their weapons in those water proof bags, and ripping it open once them got close enough to the shingles.

[@SQRL_TAC]

In Vietnam, U.S soldiers would wrap condoms over the rifles. Anything to keep the barrel from getting wet.

[@Smitherrrrs]

@@SQRL_TAC they also did this in ww2. Some guys got the issued muzzle cover, and a improvised muzzle cover was discarded ration boxes over the barrel

[@_Abjuranax_]

Rhodesian Forces also used condoms for river crossings, as there are lots of hostile critters in Africa that can ruin your day, if left unprotected.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

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[@_Abjuranax_]

@@ommsterlitz1805 Question: Do you know what the difference between Minecraft and Afghanistan is? Answer: Minecraft has Snowier Snow and Goatier Goats, lol.

[@killab1324]

Can you please make this a series? Uniforms of militaries past and present. Excellent Content, please keep up the good work.

[@brookall123]

She is harassing everyone

[@mcwildstyle9106]

"What outfit is this?!" "5th Rangers sir!" "Well then Rangers, lead the way!" - Brigader General Norman Cota to the 5th Ranger Battalion, June 6th 1944

[@Hut71]

I have heard that saying before.

[@marlonmendoza1668]

Get up Private Allen! Rangers lead the way! - Gen. Shepard MW2

[@nursestoyland]

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[@TyHever]

Could you do a history of “war dogs” starting from the Roman Empire with the use of their Molossian all the way to modern dogs with the US Army

[@MrFrinZy]

The Romans weren’t the first to use war dogs.

[@리지-g1m]

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[@swagpyro47]

@@리지-g1m you clearly are insane

[@Filipino_boy-tk7jo]

I hope you do more of these, uniforms of each faction, maybe include the special troopers too like the paratroopers, commandos, Brandenburgers and etc.

[@cameronkedas3334]

Paratrooper’s uniform especially

[@ariannescharfi9366]

Making US GI uniform is literally making Bradenburger Uniforms. OMEGALUL

[@THEREEKING]

You guys should do one on some of the napoleonic era uniforms i would love to learn what equipment they used and how much their fancy uniforms costed

[@rush1er]

Yeah they did have the best looking uniform from that whole volley fire/ bayonet to the face era of war.

[@charlesuplifted5216]

A German Soldier noted that he knew the war was lost after being captured because he noticed American privates drinking coffee and eating chocolate bars and leaving their tanks and trucks idling Such things were rare even for high ranking officers in the German army and wasting such gasoline was a court martial offense

[@Batchall_Accepted]

I love how you guys leave a little quiet animation up at the end for a bit. It's nice to look at while thinking about the video

[@enigma_7772]

The new WW2 US soldier uniform hoodie is fire, you should have made those ammo pouches even on the Vietnam one. 👍🏻

[@clonescope2433]

If I remember correctly there was another piece of equipment issued to soldiers on D-day to go along with the gas mask it was a gas bazier a extra piece of fabric with a coating on it that if there are any chemicals in the air that were harmful it would change color and was meant to signal to other soldiers their soldiers do dawn their gas masks. The gas brazier was worn usually on the left shoulder.

[@frankpolly]

You are correct.

[@rickerson81]

Definitely upped the production on this one. Great job!

[@creepermyeeper]

0:47 a little correction, the bags you see here are green, but the green ones didn’t exist until after D-Day. They used clear ones.

[@johnd.rockefeller4041]

You guys have been on a roll

[@soldierstudios7316]

I love uniform videos, this is perfect

[@JaredOtto]

Much better than the ones of 3 years ago! Would we be seeing more in the future?

[@ommsterlitz1805]

And now For sale: US M4 rifles. Never fired, only dropped once in Afghanistan.

[@knightchef]

$28,000-$60,000 to equip. Depends on your unit when I was active the average cost of each individual in full kit and gear was closer to $340,000 this was 4 years so the cost more than likely increased.

[@armija]

The military-industrial complex is literally joking with American taxpayers, what 340.000 USD?? if it is literally solid gold everything it wouldn't cost that much... Median price of a house in US is 322.000 USD, and they sell soldier kit for 340.000... Really good to be in that arms industry...

[@armija]

Even the 28.000 is a ridiculously high figure...

[@ukaszw6623]

@@armija produce high quality equipment cheaper if you can

[@oliverpotts8664]

Most of that cost won't be the actual manufacturing costs, but the added profit the military manufacturing companies charge the US government. It's insane the amount of markup that gets added to anything bought by the US government.

[@armija]

@@oliverpotts8664 Exactly...

[@minerwhiteplayclipsandart6705]

3:28 YES THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE PING THAT COMES OUT OF THE M1 GRAND (I Didn't notice the mistake

[@samiam619]

When did he mention pain?

[@Can-rk6yj]

A couple of things to touch on, the 3 cell "grenade pouch" wasn't around until 1945. Grenades would've been stored in pockets or hanging off the soldiers gear for quick access. Also the canteen and cup would be attached to the belt, not stored in the 1928 haversack. Other than those two small inaccuracies great vid!

[@RuminatingKiwi927]

Wow, you guys are really pumping up the uploads. I love it!

[@walkerbobo7036]

For those wondering, there was other equipment and clothes worn. A white undershirt was worn with the first pattern HBT (Herringbone Twill) shirt or the M37 wool shirt over the undershirt. Also a blanket and shelter half was carried in the backpack. Based off of pictures of DDAY, the gas mask bag was rarely seen and is more of a Saving Private Ryan thing (there are some pictures with it but most dont show it). Hope this helps

[@thehighscalls]

I wonder what's the background music? It sounds dope.

[@xurthespineless8691]

I'm not trusting those, chief.

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[@Tazfullboxedu]

What if its rick roll

[@Tazfullboxedu]

Then i got rick rolled

[@Superlegend56]

Then that would be a disaster

[@wbertie2604]

Not all US troops were armed with M1 rifles on D-Day. At least one regiment of the 2nd 'Indian Head' Infantry division (memory fails as to which one if if it was just one regiment) was still using M1903 rifles as the CO felt them superior. To be fair, this landed on D+1. A few rifle grenadiers had not received the relatively new M7 launcher and modifications to their rifles for it, and so were still using the M1903 in this role. (When the launcher was attached the M1 rifle was not semi-automatic)Some support troops that were landed on D-Day (although mostly shortly thereafter) had M1903s. A few specialist troops able to pick their own weapons are shown to have been using M1903s, but this was quite uncommon. There are some post D-Day photos with a few truck drivers with M1917 rifles, but I've never seen one from D-Day itself. Lastly, snipers used M1904A4s.

[@Sir_Stalwart]

Regarding the carrying of ammo, I'd say you forgot about the bandolier. But as always, a well made and interesting clip of simple history. I love that your animation gets better and better while still remains simple!

[@charliegreer4507]

Slight correction: If you are a reenactor that wants to portray a unit that was among the first 3 waves that landed on Omaha Beach (first wave of those who landed on Utah Beach as well), scrap the haversack and suspenders and try to find an accurate looking D-Day assault vest. These vests were meant to be issued to all Americans who were to land on DDay but they couldn’t get enough vests to issue to all of the infantrymen.

[@Nipplator99999999999]

Yeah the equipment's initial cost was staggering, but it was offset by reissue of equipment from Fallen and released soldiers.

[@backupaccount5694]

I don't think it's said enough but props to the animators and the narrator. They make these videos amazing.

[@RyanKing00]

That M41 has the "blues and greys" insignia on it. There is a highway by my home dedicated to that unit.

[@franknwogu4911]

I love simple history especially on WW2.

[@DeerBoy736]

There should be more uniform/equipment videos like this covering other conficts too.

[@brockgundich]

It'd be awesome I'd love it

[@Aureus_]

Epic channel

[@tcmr5775]

Love your channel, thanks for all the great content

[@g.i.azilla3557]

1:40 I still have the M1 Helmet and the M1 Garand as my favorite equipment of the American faction

[@theburgernoder2441]

@red_stickman good design, but way too overrated

[@clarkredgrave2005]

@red_stickman Yep, including the PASGT Helmet which was based off the Stahlhelm and made in the same or similar way the Stahlhelm was made

[@g.i.azilla3557]

Why are you guys talking about the German steel helmet on my comment?

[@ommsterlitz1805]

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[@Zender85]

I Like WW2 Weapon , Outfit and The Stories

[@Zender85]

@@batman6621 👍

[@The_Mad_King]

Thank you for all of the great videos. You folks really do top shelf work

[@TheRandomRager]

I liked the merch advert at the beggining 👌🏻

[@kevinmingus3221]

That is some great stuff!!! Now is there a way to do a video on the D-Day loadout on the US Army Paratroopers?

[@cameronkedas3334]

Yeah, that would be awesome. The paratroopers ( especially the 101st) is my favorite part about the history of the Second World War.

[@jeffjohnson7536]

Perfect timing on this video. I am strating to get ready for next years D-Day event in Ohio.

[@KillerBot5100]

“D-Day” “Ohio” That doesn’t sound right, but I don’t know enough about D-Day to dispute it

[@jeffjohnson7536]

@@KillerBot5100 Its a reenactment of the D Day landings in Ohio.

[@KillerBot5100]

@@jeffjohnson7536 I figured as such lol. Sounds awesome, have fun!

[@ommsterlitz1805]

And now For sale: US M4 rifles. Never fired, only dropped once in Afghanistan.

[@ryanguernsey]

Thank you for making this really neat video! This will really help with me finding the right gear to do WWII reenacting.

[@c00n-h2w]

Just a little correction: The BAR did not have it’s carrying handle throughout the conflict

[@Weezerand...]

Fellow gun nerd

[@WalkaCrookedLine]

The 3 pocket grenade pouch was never intended to carry 2 grenades per pocket. The pockets were made longer than necessary for carrying a single frag grenade so that longer types such as smoke grenades could be carried. Some post-war replicas have been made even longer to accommodate 2 frag grenades, but the actual wartime pouches were strictly one grenade per pocket.

[@bigdogbourne]

Man I wish this came out 5 years earlier so I could ask my grandfather. He landed with 3rd wave on Utah and pushed until surrounded in Bastogne, then the Rhine. Rip MSG Giampietro.

[@zinnadahodges6766]

Cool outfits i always thought they used standard uniforms on d day, nice vid keep up the great work.

[@2ndrangersww2]

They were standard minus the gas mask and other small things. The thing is that the US started stockpiling hundreds of thousands of uniforms into England yeses before the invasion and by the time the invasion happened, a lot of the uniforms were slightly outdated. It wasn't until the fall where the Units that landed on dday would get equipped with the modern equipment that other units had

[@Themaxwithnoname]

They're not even getting to US Paratrooper gear on D-Day, while, they did have the same food rations, and firearms, (with the exception of the M1 Carbine with folding butt stock.) The paratroopers had different boots, at least one more knife, rope, mines and possibly a sidearm as well. After D-Day it was made a requirement that the paratroopers had 1911 pistols in addition to their other weapons.

[@carterphillips1231]

I love that when you first put on the video he just screams at you like a drill sergeant

[@franknwogu4911]

In my opinion the coolest military uniform of all time.

[@niume7468]

*Germany typing

[@franknwogu4911]

@@niume7468 *close*

[@lieutenantrouter3999]

@dayRman I like the crayon carrying pouches on them

[@Yetiman-wl5hy]

The end credits like saving private Ryan love the history they put 👍👍👍

[@ahmad-nn5ye]

2:38 -Sergeant Horvath -Captain Miller -Reiben -Mellish

[@cameronkedas3334]

Like how you recognized that

[@ahmad-nn5ye]

And the one that laying over there is Upham he is not died but scare

[@Campfire_Bandit]

I've never seen a breakdown like this and can honestly say I would love a series covering different equipment loadouts for famous battles, maybe even a comparison between the sides!

[@eagles_can_fly]

2:00 the M1943 jacket didn’t see service til fall of 44. They where using M41 jackets as the standard field jacket. 2:17 double buckles also weren’t common til fall of 44, it would’ve seen rough outs with leggings.

[@Can_ix]

yea, he already said it in the video.

[@enclaveprivate1569]

1 hour ago a masterpiece was made by simplehistory

[@warredaneels]

Plssss make a same sort of video of the uniform from the 101st airborne on d- day or in the battle of the bulge

[@warredaneels]

@@batman6621 thats trough

[@briannat1086]

Thank you! Awesome channel. You guys are great!

[@bravo0105]

The ammo pouches for the BAR, Thompson, and Carbine are distinct from the Garand ammo belt.

[@reidschnitker6705]

Keep up the good work learn so much on this channel

[@CJ_1406]

I want to know about the Free French uniform since it's a mixture of uniforms from the British, Americans and their own.

[@danieldunn4470]

i've fired an m1-garand with my uncle, grandpa and my brothers on a trip, and it was a pretty fun gun to shoot, but it had a bit more recoil than the other guns i fired.

[@tigerkrag]

First and second wavy should have gone in with weapons, ammo and assault gear only! No packs or other unnecessary gear

[@irahwebster1088]

Wow! Great information! Thanks for posting! Keep ‘em coming!

[@cannonball666]

Tommy: "You Yanks got new uniforms, helmets, and rifles" Yank: "Yeah, and you're still using WWI chit"

[@AndyWhyberd]

Erm no. Nice try though. The US copied our uniform. So yeah...

[@e90baby]

@@AndyWhyberd well yeah they were allies so it was common. I’m assuming your speaking for the British army, but they used Thompsons and M3 grants and M4 Shermans. And the us army was the first army to fully adopt the semi automatic rifle, meanwhile Britain was still stuck in ww1 with the bolt actions.

[@AndyWhyberd]

So I guess the Germans, Russians, & Japanese were stuck in WW1 too as their main service rifle was a bolt action. Also you do know the US still used the M1903 right... like as a front line rifle not just as a Marksmans rifle..

[@cutler_beckett]

@@AndyWhyberd The Springfield’s were still occasionally used, but the standard issue was the M1 Garrand. Overall, I think British infantrymen were ill-equipped when compared to their immediate enemy (the Germans). The Brodie helmets weren’t the most effective things either. There’s actually a report of a Brodie helmet being frisbeed off one soldier’s head due to a nearby artillery blast and finding itself engraved in another soldier’s skull during WWI. And for being such a powerful country, Britain didn’t seem to have the greatest weapons in terms of small arms fire (vehicles are a different story).

[@AndyWhyberd]

@@shrekchrist6480 I think you need to lay off the drugs mate. I guess you're one of those bleeds red white and blue idiots. Also learn to read. Based on some idiots reply using a bolt action apparently meant we were stuck in WW1. I made no reference to Panzers. Which was based off British doctrine in WW1... Go and read Actung Panzer by Heinz Guderian if you don't believe me.

[@bartekswag1233]

It would be great to see series like this video, for example "German soldier uniform and equipment 1939-1945".

[@AlbertGaming20]

4:09 Market Gardener and shovel from TF2

[@RussellAdlerCIA]

Real nice video, keep it up man

[@saintpaul9012]

Would've loved to see how much the D Day soldiers kit cost in comparison with the modern soldiers kit. Great video!

[@snakeplissken2148]

and that is exactly the information missing that makes this whole video uncomplete.

[@samperrin2794]

Could you please make a series of this! This is awesome!

[@urallhams244]

Please do a video on the 1st infantry division at the hurtgen forest

[@Pakiu1306]

That would put too much focus on Americans. SimpleHistory has fans outside of the US too

[@ashutosh5762]

0:01 - Ahh the banners from the original and awesome COD (1) Back im 2003, good old memories kicking in...

[@eddiejrbation5095]

How can a soldier not be motivated when your loadout is well planned for the journey. Makes me also be motivated even not in a military. Them G.I. products.

[@GoldenGod69]

In the modern military probably was the same back then, you do about 100 inventories of your gear going through all pieces one by one… you kinda grow to hate it

[@modnarer]

Waiting so long for this hoodie, i bought it before i finished the video...TY!!!!

[@ianlewis6258]

I love the American WW2 uniforms and equipment! 🇺🇸

[@overeasyeggs8423]

I had a relative who was in the 29th during the 1950s, and for some reason almost all of the gear that has the blue and gray insignia, has a different shade of gray. Sometimes the “gray” is dark gray, white, or light gray. 4:23

[@brandontoddrocks]

Wow a semiautomatic 30-06?! That's a powerful weapon

[@brockgundich]

M1 garand is a flawless weapon

[@thatdude2508]

@@brockgundich There's a reason Patton called it the greatest battle implement ever created.

[@f-15ceagle56]

Get this…. They make garands chambered in 308

[@tomhenry897]

Don’t know anything about firearms do you

[@CowboyCasanova15560]

Please do more. I’m looking forward to the axis ones

[@cameronolmstead7293]

Can we have more of these type of videos

[@pokefan-ix7sh]

G.I. are initials used to describe the soldiers of the United States Army and airmen of the United States Air Forces and also for general items of their equipment.[1] The term G.I. has been used as an initialism of "Government Issue", "General Issue", or "Ground Infantry", but it originally referred to "galvanized iron", as used by the logistics services of the United States Armed Forces.[2][3] During World War I, American soldiers sardonically referred to incoming German artillery shells as "G.I. cans". Also during that war, "G.I." started being interpreted as "Government Issue" or "General Issue" for the general items of equipment of soldiers and airmen. The term "G.I." came into widespread use in the United States with the start of the Selective Service System ("the draft") in 1940, extending into 1941. It gradually replaced the term ”Doughboy” that was used in World War I. Next, the use of "G.I." expanded from 1942 through 1945. American five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower said in 1945 that "the truly heroic figure of this war [is] G.I. Joe and his counterpart in the air, the navy, and the Merchant Marine of every one of the United Nations."[4] "G.I." was also used as an adjective for anything having to do with the US Army or Army Air Force.[2] They Call Me Joe was a series of radio dramas aired in 1944. Each episode focused on a different fictional American soldier. A soldier of a different national or ethnic origin was selected for each episode, but he was always identified as a G. I. named Joe. The series was intended to encourage Americans of varying backgrounds to cooperate to win World War II. It was produced by the NBC University of the Air, which also produced a series The World's Great Novels.[5] The series ran for twelve weeks[6] and aired both on the NBC Radio Network and the Armed Forces Radio Network. ”G.I. Joe”, an action figure, was introduced by Hasbro in 1964. Its name comes from the term used to describe soldiers during the war. In British military parlance and in armed forces modelled on British military traditions, G.I. refers to a Gunnery Instructor (generally an NCO responsible for inducting and training recruits).

[@lorddeez1385]

I would love to see this a series. Could you do the 101st airborne at operation torch

[@cameronkedas3334]

101st is my favorite U.S. Division so that would be my sort of thing.

[@redaug4212]

The 101st wasn't involved in Torch. The only Airborne unit involved was the 509th PIR. But yes, that would be interesting.

[@justryan6480]

Definitely need more of this. WW1, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq/Afghan War.

[@justvincent2083]

We need Imperial Japanese Army uniform and equipments next.

[@quincyadams48]

@@batman6621 I agree with you but i feel like they should do the more known countries first so that way when they do the lesser known countries they will have a bigger audience.

[@quincyadams48]

@@batman6621 True

[@theor7843]

I'm so sad I missed this video and consequently my chance to purchase that absolute gem of a hoodie!! I wish I could purchase one right now, it's amazing!

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

This is great, makes me want to see the equipment used by the US marines in the pacific.

[@b.santos8804]

Would love to see a series on uniforms and equipment used throughout historical conflicts, all the way from Ancient Assyria up to the present!

[@giuseppebear4415]

This is so cool to learn about history

[@duelios.]

imagine being given all this equipment, just to get shot by a MG-42 as soon as your landing craft opens up, or even worse, get hit by a explosive in the water and not even make it to the beach

[@joemamma4812]

I would like to see the battle of 73 Easting on Simple History.

[@리지-g1m]

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[@bishop51807]

@@리지-g1m They were screwd for 20yrs! By both parties, Think damn it!

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@alexchivers5420]

Now you could explain, the British uniforms.

[@greesemonkeyarmy]

Mess kits, canteens and table wear were made of stainless steel, not aluminum. Most rations during D day were "K"s, not the "John Wane" bars, that was for the Airborne and pilots survival kits.

[@edi9892]

The boots are of a quality that is rare to find these days and it would cost over 1000 USD today!

[@tomhenry897]

Never served have you

[@cpt-cheese3489]

I'd totally watch more of this

[@z-man1237]

Talk about going in prepared! Bet all of that gear made soldiers move super slow. So a vid on modern GI gear is next?

[@rickybobby1055]

I never carried much ammo around however, carrying 10x BAR ammo mags would take the toll on any man. That is some seriously heavy ammo. Even the 30-06 ammo was heavy for a person to carry. Man this was the old breed for sure. These men Didnt care as long as we won. I can remember my grandfather and his war buddies speaking of d-day and their role in it. I will never forget they there was one Marine in the group. He didnt speak often at all, but he said one thing. If you think you have give all you have, you are mistaken because the man next to you depends on 1000% more than that. When i heard that i said “Grandpa, i will be a Marine when i grow up!” He laughed at me. One week before his death, i graduated Marine Corps boot camp in MCRD san diego. That was almost 14 years ago. God bless all our vets and our service members.