02-27-2013, 09:15 PM
I see they have their inflatable belts on. I hope they didn't have to get in the water - it looks pretty darn cold! I know that as safety conscience as everyone is in the military, if a pontoon bridge were built now, they would have to have all kinds of safety equipment. I suppose this was just a precaution so if anyone fell in the water during construction, they wouldn't immediately sink. You just don't see many of those sorts of safety precautions in most WWII pictures. I wonder if that was a common SOP (and how wide spread it was - battalion, regiment, division, etc.) or just a particular commander.