This may only apply to those from the Taff-Ely Valley in South Wales, where a large portion of men, left unemployed from the decline of the coal industry in the area, enlisted during the First and Second World Wars. Alternatively, it is derived from the supposed Welsh pronunciation of ...
3708AG - Officer's Dress Wool BLOUSE (Dark OD Shade 51 coat), Ribbon Bar and Captain's Rank are pinbacks, Bullion CBI (velvet panel) and Overseas Stripes, Ribbons have a slick finish on them(probably a PX item(?), coat needs to be aired-out (I did not clean it as the insignia ...
The current Coast Guard Service Dress Blue (SDB) is worn by both officers and enlisted personnel. The uniform features a blue four-pocket single breasted jacket worn with trousers which are a slightly darker shade of the same blue. The shirt is a light-blue button-up shirt with a pointed ...
It was tested in Italy in 1943 but some GIs (includingBill Mauldin) claim that non-combatant officers and enlisted personnel would utilize their position in the rear to get the new uniform, delaying the ultimate field testing in Italy for some time longer. This, along with shipping delays aft...
The Good Conduct Medal (GCM) was awarded to enlisted men who had completed a three-year enlistment with a clean record and superior efficiency. Only service after August 1940 counted. After Pearl Harbor the initial time period was reduced to one year. A tiny metal device shaped as a knot ...
That is the enlisted pattern leather cap adopted c. 1813, but there was an earlier leather cap in the "yeoman" style which could also have been worn. There is no description of the cap worn with the War of 1812 gray uniform. In 1816, they reverted to the wool felt 'round' hat worn...
o Updates the Army green service uniforms (class A and B) and the garrison cap and accessories, adds wear of the black unisex cardigan, deletes green service cap and hat (chaps 15, 16, 17). o Updates the Army white and blue dress uniforms and adds a new version of the ...
Campbell then told how his mother worked hard all day at a number of small jobs and his father, who was Air Force enlisted, worked at a night job to help the Family make ends meet. His parents became his first mentors, he said, par- ticularly his mom, ...