Here's the 505th PIRs Packing list for Normandy, courtesy of the 82d Airborne Division.

SECTION III A BASIC CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT CARRIED DURING DESCENT

ITEM WEIGHT WHERE CARRIED
CLOTHING
Tags, ident w/tape .20
Drawers, wool .70
Undershirts, wool .70
Socks, light wool .10
Suit, Prcht w/suspenders 4.50 (Impregnated w/ AA patch on left And U.S. flag on right sleeve)(Impregnated on outside only)
Boots, Prcht 4.00
Helmet, steel M-1 compete w/Liner, & cap wool, knit 3.25

EQUIPMENT IN POCKETS
Sulphadiazine .05 Right Chest Pocket
Notebook, matches, or lighter, 2 Pencils .25 Left Chest Pocket
Toilet Paper, 24 sheets .05 Left Chest Pocket
100 Halazone tablets .15 Left Chest Pocket
12 Atabrine tablets .10 Left Chest Pocket
Grenade, Frag MK – 11 1.25 Right Coat Pocket
Grenade, Frag MK – 11 1.25 Right Coat Pocket
Compass .20 Trousers Pocket or on belt
Grenade, gammon (1# comp. C) 1.25 Left Coat Pocket
First Aid Packet, belt pouch .25 Right Trousers Pocket
Handkerchief, 2 .03 Right Hip Pocket
2 Meals “K” ration 1.74 Right Leg Pocket
3 Meals “D” ration .90 Left Leg Pocket
Spoon M-10 .10 Right Leg Pocket
Patches, cleaning .03 Left Leg Pocket
Soap and Razor .20 Left Leg Pocket
1 Meal “K” ration .87 Left Leg Pocket
Pay Card and Immunization Record .05 Right Chest Pocket
Prophylactics (2) .03 Right Chest Pocket
Wire (2 six inch lengths) .05 Left Trousers Pocket
(for safety pins in mines & booby traps)

SUSPENDED FROM BELT (listed from right front to rear to left front)
Belt, pistol w/ suspenders 2.28
1 pouch M-1 Ammo. 4 clips 2.00
Canteen, complete, filled 3.33
Tool entrenching 2.50

3 pouches, M-1 ammo 4 clips 6.00
Scabbard, bayonet .50
Knife, trench 1.00
1 pouch M-1, 4 clips 2.00

WEAPON
Rifle, M-1 Cal. 30 10.15
Bayonet 1.00 In rifle case loaded
In receiver (chamber
Clear)
1 clip M-1 ammo (less one round .50

CARRIED IN FIELD BAG
Bag, Field .75
Composition “C” 1.00
Raincoat 3.15
Socks, light wool, 1 pr .10
Towel, hand .20
Bottle, insecticide .10
3 Meals “D” ration .87

OTHER EQUIPMENT
First Aid Kit, M-24 .25 Tied to left from suspenders or lower leg.
Gas Mask and Accessories 2.15 Under left arm or on
2.40 either thigh.

PARACHUTE ASSEMBLY
Parachute T-7 complete 36.25
Life Preserver, B-3 (Mae West) 2.75
Case, Rifle 3.62

TOTAL WEIGHTS
Clothing 13.45
Equipment in pockets 8.82
Suspended from belt 19.61
Weapon 11.65
Carried in field bag 6.17
Other Equipment 2.40

TOTAL CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT 62.10
PARACHUTE ASSEMBLY 42.62
TOTAL ENPLANING 104.72

Note: For this jump the field bag will be suspended under the reserve chute by hooking the parachute chest straps through the web loop straps of the field bag. When the parachute is removed the jumper may transfer the items from the pockets to the field bag, as conditions permit, and then carry bag in normal position. One meal of “D” ration should be left in the pockets to provide for the possibility of having to abandon the field bag. All grenades will be taped to secure handles.

18 MAY 1944