[wolficatZ]

That's pretty amazing Tommie, and we are so glad you are here to share your experiences with us. We are sworn to keep the memory of the friends you lost alive for all time.

 

  I believe some while ago we discussed flamethrowers and their lethality..especially when dealing with suicidal fanatics..

 

 

This is a still I captured years ago from my vhs of the 1945 film "To the Shores of Iwo Jima"  http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/movies/iwo_jima1

 

Did you wear white reflective skin paint for protection from the flame and heat?

[Texican]

Wolf:
No my friend, I did not get to use any type of heat repelent. Just skin. By the way, the flamethrower shown in your second picture is not the one that I used. You can see by the nozzle that it is the A-3 or even the A-4 flamethrower. My unit used a hydrogen gas and a spark plug to light the fuel. This one looks like it uses a .38 shell (blank) to light the fuel. I got to see one of the A-3 units after I got out of the MARINE CORPS, I stopped by Camp Roberts in central California in late 1946 and the Army was kind enough to show me it and even Napalm. When I served we only had diesel and gasoline for our fuel. That is enough from this "old salt".

Good evening and the very best to you and yours.

Semper Fi
Tommie