16101 Continental Line Officer Standing At Ease K&C The Real West As the morning dawn begins

As the morning dawn begins to break these three have already moved their tanks into position during the previous hours of darkness

A Digger" and his pack mule bring up extra ammo to the front line

strum a banjo or even pick away at a guitar

a wash basin and his personal maps

Nicknamed “the GI General” by famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle

16101 Continental Line Officer Standing At Ease K&C The Real West As the morning dawn beginsThe majority of the enlisted men of the Continental Army came from the working class and were motivated to volunteer for service by specific contracts that promised bounty money, regular pay, food, and clothing. The officers of both the Continental Army and the state militias were typically yeoman farmers with a sense of honor and status and an ideological commitment to oppose the policies of the British Crown. Uniforms for officers were usually