WEHRMACHT VICTORY MARCH GENERATOR
WEHRMACHT VICTORY MARCH CODE

the partially dismantled deep wading gear to allow the M4A3 to move through deep water during the landings a few days before.) Grinning troops of the 29th US Marine Regiment, 6th US Marine Division, hitch a ride on board an M4A3 Sherman 105mm of Company A, 6th Tank Battalion, heading for Chuda in the drive towards Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa. Either “spares” or they wanted to keep a low profile without a long whip antenna advertising “AIM HERE”. Note the (five?) unused antenna sections in the carrying bag behind the operator. He appears to be wearing headphones under his helmet – likely an HS-30 no speaker evident. It appears the operator is writing in a message book, probably an M-210. No M-209 encryption machine is visible – they probably had one. out to the ships on the “gun line” would have been numerically coded with the target coordinates and ammunition type requested for that target. The cluttered table may indicate the CW key is not in use – Voice mode possibly? Those comms. There appears to be a spare BA-38 battery for the Handy Talkie laying on the radio’s operating table (dark, long rectangular object). Here, the radio is placed on the ground without the legs – not needed here. Also note the M1903 bolt action Springfield rifle in the background an unusual weapon for a team like this.

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The GN-45 hand cranked generator “cranker” probably has a Carbine slung across his back as well. Note that he and the soldier in the foreground are armed with the M1 Carbine, the latter looking like a folding-stock paratrooper weapon. He is likely taking tactical calls-for-fires on his SCR-536 (AKA BC-611), relaying from a nearby infantry unit in-contact.

WEHRMACHT VICTORY MARCH CODE

17 Comanche Code Talkers of the 4th Signal Company, U.S. The soldier on the right is one of approx. The unit consists of a spotting team to adjust fire and a Naval gunfire liaison team to perform functions for the battalion commander. The Utah Beach NSFCP formed a part of the 286th JASCO (Joint Assault Signal Company) of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade. A specially trained unit (Naval Shore Fire Control Party (NSFCP) directs the control of Naval Gunfire with an SCR-284 from a shell hole in Normandy.

Wehrmacht victory march