It’s funny how often I see these in wartime photos, now that I know what they are. Thanks for explaining things.

This was really helpful! I love that the Late War G.I. in Europe is becoming a more popular impression. The U.S. Army had such a variety of field gear but by that point in the war nothing could beat the simplicity of some basic kit & a bed roll with the bare necessities for the day. I look forwards to more new videos in the future!

It's good to have you back

Fold the ends of the blankets back so they will be protected from the wet.

Good video. Thank you for sharing!

It's been 8 months. 8 MONTHS.

Thank you great video!

Can you show what knots you used to tie it?

Awesome!!

I like your video because I was trying out new ways to do it. What I have to say about your blanket roll is I think you could fold the end in before completing the roll to keep water out and to keep everything dry.

So a bunch of GIs are out on patrol. It might turn into an overnighter so they take their blanket rolls. It starts to rain, hard, cos it does in Europe and they need their raincoats which are buried, deep, inside their blanket rolls. The blanket rolls are opened up, the raincoats extracted and the blanket rolls re-rolled on the conveniently flat forest floor (have you ever been in the Ardennes forest?) and off they go. A while later Sarge calls a halt for chow time. The K rations are also buried deep inside their blanket rolls but they too are extracted and the blanket rolls re-rolled on the conveniently flat forest floor once more . . . . . I don't think so. Sometimes I wonder how we ever managed to win WW2 with all this packing and unpacking going on.

Hey, I love your videos! I would love to see you make a uniform review on all of the uniforms you have. I feel like if would be pretty cool. By the way, thank you for this. I have been looking for the right way for a while now. Nice video, and please consider the idea.

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I made a snarky comment about you talking too much and repeating yourself too many times but I deleted it. Just remember the Three Bs that Army officers use to prepare for a briefing . . . Be Brief, Be Blunt, Be Gone. This is really a great video. You speak well, sound quality was good and your demonstrations and explanations were excellent. I think a lot of guys will benefit from your hard work. Many thanks. I wish you continued success with your reenacting endeavors.

Just curious because I'm not a reenactor but why would you roll up your raincoat inside the bedroll? Are you wearing a poncho over all that?

Also what's in the ditty bag? Can it be lighter?

Very interesting even as someone who doesn't do GI!

You should do a airborne gear video

Watched this to hear this guy's balls drop from his first videos 9yrs ago lol. Seriously Great content and great work!

Where is the new helmet net video ? :(

room tour?

is this a triangular shelter tarp?

Is 100% Merino Wool Lighter or Heavier than 100% Regular WOOL?

So this is what you mean when you say your “cleaning” your basement...

BTW . . . if you go here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbGjYJub0rCtqWg.html you can see a young lady folding a "blanket pack" which is totally different than what you're doing. However . . . pay attention to how she folds things in thirds to make sure nothing falls out. Also, pay attention to how she focuses on making very tight folds. Finally, see how she creates a "pocket" at the end. So while what she is folding up is totally different from your impression . . . I think you can copy some of her techniques to make your WW 2 blanket roll a little tighter and neater.

Can you do videos on your German impressions?

Hey, do you think you can do a Uniform Video? Where you go over all of your uniforms?

What did they sleep on top of to stop moisture from getting into the bedding from the ground?

You don’t see many reference materials for this subject. This is a very interesting topic.

the blanket you rolled is wool right?

It's gonna be how to make a WW3 Bedroll pretty soon.

What is a "spy button sweater?"

I add 2or socks

Hear ur Voice all those Videos from years ago

Your voice got so deep

U. S. Army veteran here (1964-66). I just can't get over the idea of war-enacters trying to play war, much less trying to tell someone how to do it without ever having been shot at. Where's the fun? Do you have a way to re-enact limbs blown off, spilled guts and bullet holes (a misnomer; they aren’t neat round holes) ? Do you have people who volunteer or are assigned to scream in pain, or do you have that on CD's? Do you lie in the same place for hours, so scared that you shit your pants, not that you wouldn't because you can't get up to go to the Porta-Potty? And what do you do about the smell of the shit and the puke and the burnt flesh and the blood? Don't get me wrong. The video was interesting, if a bit misinformed. Nobody carried bedrolls. You carried one or two canteens, a couple of field dressings, a poncho, a shit pot of ammo (for an M-1, as many bandoliers as you could grab, ten clips per bandolier), 2-3 packs of smokes and a few (2-6) grenades - and a shelter half. Oh, and if you were lucky, dry socks, definitely the socks, lots of socks (you could, if you were the type, sell extras for a small fortune).

Good video but you need to work on your volume. I had my phone as loud as it would go AND used a volume booster and it was hard to hear you. Thanks

7:58 I'm dead hahhahaha

Wanna do some more usmc vids?😂

its a proccesss of eliminating... HA this guy doesnt live in Canada i can tell. full MSS plus poncho liner and poncho at the very least i nwinter, maybe even a casualty reflective blanket to reflect heat fom the fire

Umm, are you familiar with the M1944 pack set? why are you rolling it along the short end. These bedrolls were meant to be strapped around the top and sides of the pack. the pack set itself has straps for this very purpose. All you seem to have is a list of what was frequently rolled in the bedroll and not actual instructions as to HOW it was rolled and carried. More research less intuition dude.

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Have you ever lived out?, don't think so🤨

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