Original U.S. WWI Cavalry Vickers Machine Gun Pack Saddle Category_MG 42 Mounts The other three Marines in

The other three Marines in the photograph were Corporals (then Privates First Class) Ira Hayes

: After World War Two personal items issued to individual solders were usually taken home when the soldier was mustered out

knocking out enemy strongpoints atop the cliff and moving their way towards their fellow Rangers of the 2d Ranger Battalion at Pointe du Hoc

and now has a lovely gray patina overall

In your letter of March 16

Original U.S. WWI Cavalry Vickers Machine Gun Pack Saddle Category_MG 42 Mounts The other three Marines inOriginal Item: Only One Available. The horse had always been a major part of the Armed Forces in any country and Cavalry was often the deciding factor in winning or losing a battle before 1916. Horses were therefore readily available to soldiers and were an obvious solution to the problems that faced the men of Machine Gun units when it came to transporting Vickers (or Maxim) guns. The opening paragraph of the Packsaddlery section in the April, 1918