To learn about uniforms worn by flight nurses in World War II, please seeMedical Air Evacuation in World War II–The Flight Nurse. US Army Quartermaster supply catalog QM 3-2, 7 October 1943, showing the olive drab and blue dress uniforms, the seersucker uniform, the white ward dress, and...
The World War II Victory Medal was authorised for all members of the Army who had served between 7 December 1941 and VJ-Day, 2 September 1945. COMBAT UNIFORMS 'HBTs and Frogskins' The previous fatigue uniform of the Army was blue denim pants, shirt and Daisy Mae' - a floppy-brimmed...
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Given its druthers, the Army would have used Combat tires exclusively on all tactical vehicles and equipment; in fact this was specified in 1941 (OCM 17285). However, the increased cost, greater rubber usage, and reduction in production capacity of Combat tires prevented their uniform employment....
British Eighth Army North Africa 1940-43 Key Uniform Guides No. 3 Robin Adair 1974 From D-Day to Ve-DayThe British Soldier No. Volume 2 Jean Bouchery The World War II TommyBritish Army Uniforms, European Theatre 1939-45 in Colour Ph... ...
Office of War Information. The OWI arranged for her separation from the WAAF and her induction — as a major, though without uniform — into the U.S. Army. The framing facts of Settle’s story — her marriage, her son, her escape into the OWI — are missing from All the Brave ...
While the majority of women opted to remain at home or volunteer with charitable organizations, many went to work or donned a military uniform. World War II brought unprecedented labor opportunities for American women. Industrial labor, an occupational sphere dominated by men, shifted in part to ...
To date no explanation has been found that would explain why this badge was struck in silver since only gold badges are known to have been officially authorized by the War Department for wear on a uniform; however, in 1918 V. H. Blackinton did list the badge in their catalog as being ...
M Berlemont’s son Gaston, meanwhile, had succeeded his father in running the pub many years earlier – there’s a story that when he walked into the pub after World War II, still dressed in his uniform, his father handed over the keys and left him to it. A well-loved Soho identity...