[Milsurplus] Merrill's Marauders book photo

[Al Klase]

Cigarets were a standard part of the C-ration Accessory Pack.  I don't 
think G.I.'s went anywhere without tobacco.

Smoke 'en if you got 'em,
Al

Al Klase -- N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

On 12/19/2015 8:25 PM, Richard wrote:
> Yes, and where would they get cigarettes in the jungle.  Supplying 
> cigarettes would not be a priority.  Also, cigarette smoke could 
> betray their position.
>
> Richard, AA1P
>
> On 12/19/2015 05:30 PM, Mike Feher wrote:
>>
>> What do I know? I am only 70 and certainly was not there. However, to 
>> my eye, after I blew up the picture and saw some finer details, It 
>> just seems like too much radio stuff, too well put together for a 
>> jungle lash-up. 73 & Merry Christmas -- Mike
>>
>> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
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>> *From:*Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On 
>> Behalf Of *Dennis DuVall
>> *Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2015 11:05 PM
>> *To:* Hubert Miller
>> *Cc:* milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] Merrill's Marauders book photo
>>
>> Hue,
>>
>> There was a long thread on this a couple of years ago.  Better view 
>> showing the RCA  AVT-15 and AVR-20 attached below.
>>
>> Probably salvaged (or liberated?) from one of the L-5 aircraft used 
>> during the campaign to evacuate  wounded.  Don't see
>>
>> any reason to question the authenticity , time or location of the 
>> picture.  For more recommend a visit to the Marauder's website.
>>
>> Dennis D. W7QHO
>>
>> Glendale, CA
>>
>> *************
>>
>>     On Dec 7, 2015, at 7:13 PM, Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com
>>     <mailto:kargo_cult at msn.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Osprey Publishing has a book on Merrill's Marauders. One photo in
>>     it puzzled me. It shows a team with an SCR-284 radio,
>>     with a homemade loop antenna on top, and to the right of it, a
>>     barely discernible small box which i was finally able to
>>     identify as an RCA  aircraft transmitter AVT-15.
>>
>>     If i've got this right, the photo is seeable in an ebook preview
>>     of this title, page 26, at
>>     https://books.google.com/books/osprey?id=MQmdNEXK6ukC&q=radio&dq=Merrill's+Marauders&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3#v=snippet&q=radio&f=false
>>     <https://books.google.com/books/osprey?id=MQmdNEXK6ukC&q=radio&dq=Merrill%27s+Marauders&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3#v=snippet&q=radio&f=false>
>>
>>     on the Osprey Publishing website.
>>     Another reason to have reservations is that the young guys in the
>>     photo look remarkably fit, energetic, and relaxed. Clearly not
>>     from the
>>     combat zone.
>>     I'll comment to the publisher.
>>     -Hue Miller
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