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Those are actually quite rare. The contract, from January 1941, was for 25,000 of them. The Burlington Mills contract is the only one noted. Burlington itself, a small place in Wisconsin, was a Mormon settlement. On the Fox river, it's a nice little place. Yes, I've been ...

The few examples of these I've seen offered for sale generally claim they're amphibious engineer or similar. They're Trousers, Fireman's, Bunking. In April 1942, they were developed, and fielded, as P.Q.D. Tentative Specification 155. There had to be a specification before that, but I don't know ...

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Those things. Sometimes they're white. What they are is entirely bogus.



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New fodder were given the FM21-100. Call it basic training.



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Contained in that manual were instructions on how to assemble the haversack. They were big on that. The tent ...

When they dropped those weird stiff colllars, used for WW1, they went to a more "civilian style" coat. Made from Serge, a good choice of textile. Patch pockets on top, an expensive style, and slit pockets below. When wool ran short in WW1, they moved to slit pockets. A "patch pocket" requires a bit ...

The easiest "types" that people will encounter are the garrison caps and wool blankets. The USA Specification 8-114 provided for both cotton and wool caps. Similarly, the USA Specification 8-111 provided for types; in this case the QM blanket and the Hospital Corps blanket. Ergo, Specifications can ...

I like the customized one. Nail bag a weird touch.

I wonder how many people remember the "A," "B," and "C" bags. Mobility kits. One bag with cold weather stuff. Another with tropical. They had letter bags back during WW2. Barracks bags were heavily used. Until the advent of the duffel bag for that use. I do not know if the USMC introduced them first ...

Decades ago, I had an interview for a job scheduled. I went to JCPenney and purchased a suit. Who made it? I have no idea. It was their store brand. Stafford if I recall correctly. Later in life I did work for a place which made knit goods. JCPenney was one of their customers. The items made for ...

The Comptroller General approves purchases by the Federal Government. In order to standardize everything, the Comptroller developed standard forms to be used by all agencies for purchases. Part of that was standardized "Station Codes." Let's take one:

W-669-qm-13045

W is for War Department.
669 is ...

M-1903 rifle. McKeever on the bed. Along with a round canteen.