[Milsurplus] Feb. 1944 Radio News photo (possibly) explained

[Hue Miller]

In the Radio News magazine special Signal Corps issue for February 1944, in 
the color photo section
( exact page unavailable to me at moment ), there is a photo of troops 
climbing down chain ladder
on side of ship. ( Aside: I thought the actual invasion use, or loading 
landing craft, small boats, and
DUKWs, was of hemp cargo nets? wrong? )  The photo is captioned something 
like "Signal Corps
troops debarking".  I suggest the soldier in foreground is carrying the 
SCR-288/ BC-474 bag. I judge
this by #1 the shape, and #2 by the small leather straps that secure the end 
flap to the bag proper.
( BTW, these flimsy narrow little commercial quality leather straps are 
ALWAYS found torn damaged
or parted, gone, nowadays. ) The soldier behind is carrying a TBY bag, that 
is clear.
Have a look. Agree?  -Hue Miller

BTW, mistakes in this book: "SCR-583" is NOT. It is some clandestine rig, 
whose name I do not know.
SCR-583 is a big beast, bigger heavier version of BC-654; BC-1209 is the 
trans-receiver of the SCR-583
that G&G sold until 1973.
"Japanese Type 13"  refers to the Nippon aircraft radio on bottom of the 
page labeled with that caption;
not top of page. However, the radio is a Type 96-2, it's not known as "Type 
13" and I don't know where
the authors got that type number.