Big Chinese picture book

[Woodard]

I just got in a huge Chinese picture book about Korea on interlibrary loan. The captions will be a beast to translate, but if I find anything especially good I'll post it. Lots of close ups and profile pics, good weapons and training stuff too.

[pop401k]

What's the relevant info on the book, in case we'd like to borrow it as well?? Sounds just like what we need!!

[Woodard]

The ISBN Number is 9787531418948, the title is "Wan sui jun : 38 jun kang Mei yuan Chao ji shi " (10,000 Year Army: the 38th Army in the War to resist America and Aid Korea). Looks like it may have a little bit about the civil war as well, I'm gonna translate the picture captions as best I can before I get all exited about anything.

I spent lunch looking at this book. I found a Chinese map of some of the fighting on Nov 30, 1950 that I'm looking forward to comparing to US accounts. I see a huge variety of hats and shoes, and a few kinds of coats. Lots of 7.92 Bren guns, but a few .303 ones still showing up occasionally. I know that captured weapons are normally considered farby, but there's a period where every picture has at least one guy with a Garand, looks like whole units may have started carrying them.

[pop401k]

M-1 Garands: Don't forget, we supplied the Nationalists with tons of them during their CW, so it's only logical they would issue them out just as they did with the Japanese stuff.

I saw one picture someplace where the squad auto was a T-96 LMG (Japanese)...almost mistook it for a Bren.

Thanks for the info!!

[Woodard]

I think the Garands are captures, just because you don't see any at first, then more and more progressively until what looks like mid-late 51, then a lot of Soviet stuff. It's kind of a side project of mine to find out what exactly we sent to the Nationalists, anyway. I know of a site that lists everything we sent to the Soviets during WW2, like everything, and I hope to find a similar one for the Nationalists.

I may spend some time with the scanner and the Chinese-English dictionary when I get home.

[Woodard]

You're right about some of those M-1's, just found a pic of one with a wierd leather sling (Japanese?)

[Woodard]

Just throwing up some pics from "Wan sui Jun". I scanned them with the subtitles so I can translate them later.

Two good pics of the collars of the Chinese parkas.


Inside out Parkas being worn by men of 113th Division on Dec 31st, 1950.


Posed shot of a medic. Note the medic is wearing a Mao cap with a winter hat over it. Good detail on the Late-type parka of the "Casualty"


These are supposed to be "Captured weapons", but I personally think they may be a Chinese units' stacked arms. The proportion of Thompsons is very high, and I don't know of many units that used Thompsons, Garands, and Bren guns.


Drinking and sleeping in non-military camping gear?!? They must be at a reenactment!

[pop401k]

What I want to know is: who's re-popping the plaid blankets??? VERY nice pics Bren, thanks!!

I've got a German reversable parka, that I might try dyeing khaki and re-do the collar to make something like the medic is wearing (it's got too much padding for kraut).