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The Mk 2 “Talker” helmet gave Navy crew space to wear large communication headsets, binoculars, and gas masks while staying protected.
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Turning Scrap Metal into WWII History: Epic Helmet Makeover - MSN
Witness the incredible restoration journey as a rusty M1 helmet is meticulously transformed into an authentic WWII US Navy Beach Battalion piece—perfect for reenactors and history buffs alike.
This helmet was not bulletproof and meant mainly to deflect shell fragments. During WWII, soldiers were issued the 3.5-pound M1 helmet made from manganese steel.
Helmet pulled from mud of Rhine River reunited with World War II soldier's family 80 years later PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It is a reunion 80 years in the making.
A World War II veteran based in metro Atlanta was reunited with a helmet he lost in a battle nearly 80 years ago.
With more than six million made, the M1 carbine was the most widely produced small arm of World War II. But how did it actually perform in combat? Here are the accounts from the men who used it.
Dennis O'Callaghan holding one of the helmets - his father Bill was one of only two men to survive the massacre after the soldiers surrendered on 27 May 1940 ...
Two helmets belonging to World War Two British soldiers massacred by the SS in May 1940 have been discovered and donated to museums in France and England.
Sawicki’s helmet stands apart from the M1 not just in the use of novel materials but also in both its departure from the “steel pot” design with slight molding over the ears and its fully ...
An amateur Guernsey historian who bought a Vietnam War helmet from a charity shop has returned the military piece to the soldier's surviving family. | ITV News Channel ...
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