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Post by chiefyeomanbb55 on Jul 28, 2009 11:05:54 GMT -5
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billgaston
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Post by billgaston on Jul 28, 2009 12:25:42 GMT -5
Interesting! Nice to see some lighter side photos from the war.
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Danger Forward
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Post by Danger Forward on Jul 28, 2009 12:56:46 GMT -5
c'mon Bill, you know the only reason you like that photo is it gives you photgraphic evidence that you can start using a bull horn to scream at people...I know how you crafty crew chiefs work...  |
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Post by chiefyeomanbb55 on Jul 28, 2009 13:31:06 GMT -5
I'll be looking for this impression at the Gap next year!
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Post by chiefyeomanbb55 on Jul 28, 2009 13:33:15 GMT -5
Interesting! Nice to see some lighter side photos from the war. Dunno about that Bill. Being a flyboy, the outcome of the game might be disappointing to you. The score was 5th Army 20 12th Air Force 0 |
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cco23i
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Post by cco23i on Jul 28, 2009 13:33:23 GMT -5
HA! We ignore Bill anyway!! Scott |
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MissMartha
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Post by MissMartha on Jul 28, 2009 15:27:05 GMT -5
Love it!  |
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Post by tentha86 on Jul 28, 2009 16:55:12 GMT -5
Love it - but I doubt my daughter's team will accept those uniforms!
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Post by ww2civreporter on Jul 28, 2009 21:18:31 GMT -5
I like the mixture of men and women's uniform pieces on the WACS.
-Sarah
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Post by chiefyeomanbb55 on Jul 29, 2009 5:58:08 GMT -5
I like the mixture of men and women's uniform pieces on the WACS. -Sarah Archive pictures tell us a lot, don't they? |
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MissMartha
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Post by MissMartha on Jul 29, 2009 7:28:14 GMT -5
I also noticed that. Proves the old adage was right "You wore what you had." That was told to me by a vet of the CBI theatre.
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Post by chiefyeomanbb55 on Jul 29, 2009 8:58:48 GMT -5
I also noticed that. Proves the old adage was right "You wore what you had." That was told to me by a vet of the CBI theatre. I can identify with that. A good friend, now deceased, was a CBI veteran. I asked him what he wore and he said, because they were at the end of the supply chain, whatever he could find--largely a mixture of U.S. Army and British Army uniform items. CM |
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Post by ww2civreporter on Jul 29, 2009 14:31:19 GMT -5
That's exactly it Martha! Women were in the minority and not a priority in the supply chain. I've been saying this for years but I still get guys that walk up to me and think they're some sort of genius when they point out I'm wearing men's trousers.  ah well I know I'm doing what's right  -Sarah |
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Post by bluedevil on Jul 29, 2009 15:28:45 GMT -5
Sarah,
Indeed you are correct and research supports your argument at least for early war field uniforms. North Africa and Italy especially.
See Stanton, Shelby. US Army Uniforms of World War II Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA. 1991. Pg. 212
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