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    What is being offered is the first book of a two...

    What is being offered is the first book of a two edition set. If this is one of the 1000 first edition prints is should have a number assigned. If it is one of the 1000 book II (published in 1997)...
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    I was a Correctional Specialist (stockade guard)...

    I was a Correctional Specialist (stockade guard) at Ft. Ord in 1971. I frequently was assigned to the front desk and exterior doors. Among the duties of the front desk NCOIC was registering...
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    Small arms weren't issued with slings, bayonets...

    Small arms weren't issued with slings, bayonets or anything else, all of the accessories, accouterments and spare parts had to be requisitioned separately. If what you mean by your question what...
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    Here is a list of manufacturers that made slings...

    Here is a list of manufacturers that made slings on contract for the U.S., compiled from various sources, that may be useful to identification. Where the dates are in parenthesis it is known the...
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    Reports of field trial

    Attached is the summary of the reports of the field trial. I did not notice that any of the reports mentioned the open swivels catching on anything, but there is plenty of confirmation of your other...
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    Well the first paragraph of the previous...

    Well the first paragraph of the previous attachment states "swivels for alteration at the Springfield Armory." Here's another document that says much the same thing in more detail, and mentions that...
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    Special swivels for Mills web rifle sling

    The document attached is the earliest of 34 pages related to the subject strap-slings that I have. I will send all of the documents to any person interested in reviewing the original correspondence...
  8. Thread: Ate at KFC today

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    I was looking at the menu when a fat hispanic...

    I was looking at the menu when a fat hispanic woman and child walked into the KFC. The hispanic employee came out just then, started talking Spanish to the woman obviously taking her order. I...
  9. When I was drafted on the lottery I had been...

    When I was drafted on the lottery I had been going to college taking criminology courses, but wasn't the best of students. When I was interviewed at reception station I requested Air Defense...
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    There are several military dining events that I...

    There are several military dining events that I recall in detail. Three that occurred in the dining facility in the post confinement facility at Fort Ord. I was a Correctional Specialist assigned...
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    The few examples I've seen, including the example...

    The few examples I've seen, including the example I acquired that the brass double hooks had been added probably by Bannerman, all seem to be in unused or unissued condition. My take on this is that...
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    According to the documents in the Chief of...

    According to the documents in the Chief of Ordnance correspondence files maintained by the National Archives, the Army only acquired the 3900 canteen/haversack straps and rifle slings. It may be...
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    Here is a fairly complete explanation for the...

    Here is a fairly complete explanation for the trial web slings that I posted in the Mills equipment web site and invite your attention to:...
  14. I cannot for a certainty identify the unit but I...

    I cannot for a certainty identify the unit but I recall that the unit that "showed the colors" in the U.K. was an Engineer railroad unit.

    "Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the...
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    As a militaria collectible there were fewer made,...

    As a militaria collectible there were fewer made, and since they were already in the ETO most were probably issued and therefore fewer survivors in any condition. There are collectors that seek the...
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    There was a third method of attachment that was...

    There was a third method of attachment that was popular in the intervening war years when there was very little change to a member's awards and that was direct "embroidery" to a piece of uniform...
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    Isratex Inc. DLA contractor code 040996514 59...

    Isratex Inc. DLA contractor code 040996514
    59 Scholes St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 112061808

    Contract DLA100-91-D-0385 was opened in April 1991 with estimated completion date of December 1991, contract...
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    At the time I was on active duty there was a...

    At the time I was on active duty there was a major league baseball player with the same last name that went by the nickname "Doc" so a few people called me "Doc" (we were military police, not medics...
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    Squad cleaning kit

    Here are images of the Squad pistol cleaning kit. The box is pressed sheet steel 8.75 x 5 x 1.75 inches, with wood fixture block inside to hold the patch can and oil can in place. Early examples of...
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    I've seen them blued, and parkerized. I believe...

    I've seen them blued, and parkerized. I believe that those manufactured during WWII by Climax were parkerized. I'm sure someone here can provide references to companies that re-blue and...
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    There were several patents for similar compact...

    There were several patents for similar compact manual can openers that have all expired, so the manufacture of this type can opener is open to whatever the market will bear. I've seen examples sold...
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    The Mc Phetters Antique Militaria link is...

    The Mc Phetters Antique Militaria link is obviously not useful to Maj Tom. The "Indian War" canteen (listed at $295.00) is a pattern 1898 and therefore misidentified. The leather sliding loops on...
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    I think perhaps some images to illustrate what I...

    I think perhaps some images to illustrate what I was previously attempting to describe is appropriate - as the saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words. I do this primarily to illustrate that...
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    Thank you for the kind comment. I would like to...

    Thank you for the kind comment. I would like to point out that I stopped collecting about 30 years ago, and my advice is to obtain reference works rather than material culture equipment, but alas...
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    As with anything in militaria the price of...

    As with anything in militaria the price of material culture items varies widely based on a number of variables. For collectors, authenticity, condition, relative rarity, and provenance are the most...
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