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As it was June, the US troops were wearing SUMMER uniforms, that were made of cotton. Leather boots, black, olive green trousers and shirts, with an over jacket that had pockets in the chest, and web belts, with various ammo pouches and water canteens and a steel helmet, and helmet liner. In addition, they carried various things like extra ammo cans, machine gun belts or mortar rounds. Some had radios on their backs, and some others had explosive charges to blow obstacles, or strong points. Unit markings on the shoulder, and rank badges for the NCO's. Officers carried a pistol and a map case, and binoculars, but soon got rid of those, as it made then stand out too much, and they started getting shot by snipers, who could tell they were officers by their lack of a rifle. Smart officers learned fast to take off their rank badges and hide the map case. The parachute troops wore a slightly different uniform, the same olive drab colour in cotton cloth, but with different boots and pants. The jump boots were higher, to support the ankle, and the pants had cargo pockets to hold more stuff, like grenades, and food cans.

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