Metal parade helmets based upon British (pith helmets) & modified German (Prussian) designs were in use in the 1880's by US Army personnel. However, practical protective steel helmets were not issued until WW1...the model 1917 British style "dough-boy" helmet. This helmet was used from 1917 until 1942; when it was replaced by the M-1 steel helmet (steel pot). The M-1 steel helmet fought it's last war in Vietnam.
The first US Army Sergeant Major of hte Army was William O. Wooldridge.
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The US Military M-1 steel helmet was used by the US Air Force (part of the US Army during WW2), US Marines, US Navy/Coast Guard, and the US Army during WW2, the Korean War and Vietnam War. During WW2 & Korea, the US Army steel helmet was worn WITHOUT a camoflage cloth cover; but sometimes with a net to place natural vegetation into the openings for camoflage. US Marines were issued camoflage cloth covers for all 3 wars. Because US Army rank could not be pinned (attached) to the Army's steel helmet it could be painted on. One vertical line gold/yellow for 2nd LT, silver for 1st LT, and two vertical silver lines for CPT (Captain). During the Vietnam War those gold/silver colors went to "black", called "subdued colors." The Vietnam War was the FIRST war in which the US Army issued the camoflage cloth steel helmet covers for general issue to ALL US Army personnel. Subdued (black) rank could now be pinned/attached to the front of those helmets (attached to the cloth). Gold leaf=MAJ/Major Silver leaf=LTC/Lieutenant Colonel Silver Full Eagle=COL/Colonel Silver Star=BGN/Brigader General
First United States Army was created in 1918.
The first war that involved the US Army was the war of 1812. The Continental Army fought against Britain in the Revolutionary War.
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One can see photos of different styles of US Army helmets from Operation Helmet. One can also visit the Military Antique Museum, or one's local military museum.
First Sergeant in both the Army and Marine Corps is E-8.
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Originally called the Brodie helmet, known in the US as the "Tommy Helmet", and adapted by the US and produced in the US up until the M1 replaced it in 1942, and known as the M-1917 helmet (because it was a WWI helmet).
General George Washington was the Commanding General of the Continental Army