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By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on January 12th, 2011%
Introduction of new aircraft insignia by the U.S. Navy and Army in WWII from Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, NAVPERS, August 1943:
 This is the new airplane insignia adopted by the U.S. Navy and Army after much experimenting. The old insignia, consisting of a white star in a circular field of blue, and also the red dot of Japan and the black cross of Germany, were found to resolve into invisibility at the same distance from the eye. As they came closer, all appeared in the form of a dot. The new marking consists of the white star in the field of blue, with the addition of a white rectangle attached horizontally at the right and left of the circle, plus a red border enclosing the entire device. At a greater distance the new marking will maintain the shape of a long, narrow bar, making confusion with the enemy less likely. Navy and Army planes over the world will switch immediately.
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 26th, 2010%
Summary of vehicle painting and maintenance instructions from AR 850-15 from Army Motors, Vol. 6, No. 6, September 1945.
THE NEW AR 850-15
The law on “Miscellaneous—Motor Vehicles” gets a major overhaul for the first time in two years. This’ll help you get hep to what’s what.
Changes that affect you—because they affect vehicle operation and maintenance—blew in with the newly-revised AR 850-15 (1 Aug. 45). New do’s and don’t's, new words like “semigloss” and “full gloss” have been written into the regulations. And a lot more, too.
NEW PAINT
Good news for maintenance men who’ve long been bitching about lusterless OD breaks out in par. 7, which prescribes approved semigloss olive drab for vehicles (certain ones excepted). The new paint is Enamel, olive drab, rust-inhibiting, U.S. Army spec. 3-181, amendment 3, type V—Fed. Stock No. 52-E-7574 for a 1-gal. can, 52-E-7574-75 for a 5-gal. can. But don’t start requisitioning it now—the stuff won’t get into supply channels for 60 to 90 days, and anyway, you only put it on when the vehicle’s due for a repaint. ASF Circular 291 (1 Aug. 45) says: “The new painting procedure… will be applicable to U.S. Army motor vehicles now in use, other than those excepted… when the vehicles require complete refinishing in accordance with established maintenance schedules and upon the availability of the semigloss paint prescribed.”
On busses, ambulances (except 3/4-ton 4×4′s), and passenger sedans, the AR goes whole hog on gloss. It says they may be painted a full gloss OD—but not until a repaint is necessary.
Continue reading The New AR 850-15
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 21st, 2010%
Two illustrations showing the organization of the U.S. Army from The Ordnance Soldier’s Guide, 3rd Edition, Ordnance Replacement Training Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground:
Continue reading Organization of the Army
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 8th, 2010%
The January 2011 issue of Military in Scale is now available.
Continue reading Military in Scale
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on December 2nd, 2010%
DC Comics has released two showcase volumes of the The Haunted Tank comic books.
 Showcase Presents: The Haunted Tank Volume 1 | Showcase Presents: The Haunted Tank Volume 1
Written by Robert Kanigher; Art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath, Irv Novick, Jerry Grandenetti, Jack Abel.
The Haunted Tank gets the showcase treatment in this volume collecting stories from G.I. COMBAT #87-119, BRAVE AND THE BOLD #52 and OUR ARMY AT WAR #155. Includes the Haunted Tank teaming up with Sgt. Rock and Lt. Johnny Cloud. (560 pages, B&W, Softcover, $16.99 MSRP, ISBN 1401207898) |  Showcase Presents: The Haunted Tank Volume 2 | Showcase Presents: The Haunted Tank Volume 2
Written by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert; Art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath, Irv Novick, Mike Sekowsky; Cover Are by Joe Kubert.
500 pages of classic war stories, from the pages of G.I. COMBAT #120-157 from 1966-1973. (560 pages, B&W, Softcover, $16.99 MSRP, ISBN 9781401217938) |
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on November 23rd, 2010%
From Bombardiers’ Information File, U.S. War Department, March 1945:
Vest Type Emergency Kit The following items of equipment are carried in the packets of the vest:
1 hat (yellow on one side, OD on the other) 1 pair polaroid sun goggles 1 signal mirror, with lanyard 1 sharpening stone 1 fishing-sewing kit, in plastic container 1 collapsible spit and gaff 1 plastic water canteen (3-pint capacity) 1 Boy Scout knife 1 large knife (with 5-inch saw and blade) 1 package toilet tissue 10 yds bandage (with sulfa powder) 1 waterproof match-box with compass 20 matches 14 fire starting tabs 1 burning glass 1 signal whistle 1 oil container 1 waterproof cover for .45 cal. pistol 20 .45 cal. shot cartridges 1 First Aid Kit 1 Survival manual 2 vest-kit rations in tin containers 2 five-minute signal flares 1 mosquito headnet 1 collapsible container for boiling water 1 pair woolen insert gloves 1 pair leather outer gloves |
| | Vest, Emergency Sustenance, Type C-1 was developed for the use of each crew member of an airplane forced down in isolated regions. It consists of an adjustable vest-like garment, fitted with pockets into which the items of the kit are conveniently stowed. The vest is to be worn under the life preserver vest and parachute.
PROTECT YOURSELF: Before taking off on a flight over inaccessible or mountainous country, the Arctic, jungle, desert, or ocean, check your vest and be sure it contains all the necessary equipment. If it does not, check with your Personal Equipment Officer. |
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on November 20th, 2010%
Miscellaneous WWII photographs, illustrations, and posters:
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on October 11th, 2010%
From Handbook on German Army Identification, U.S. Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Maryland, 1943:
German identification tag (Erkennungsmarke).
a. It is believed that every German officer and soldier carries an identification tag, which is usually worn around the neck. The tag is made of zinc, is oval in shape, and measures about 2 by 2¾ inches. It is divided into an upper and a lower part by perforations. Each half bears identical markings.
b. When a man is killed, the lower half of the tag is broken offand sent back to Germany and the upper half is buried with the body. Identification tags captured up to the present bear only the unit, subunit, and a number. This number is also inscribed on the first page of the pay book (Soldbuch). The tag also bears a letter or two letters indicating to which blood group he belongs (A, B, AB, or O). The identification tag seldom shows the unit in which the man concerned is now serving unless he has lost the original disk issued to him on being assigned to a depot unit and his present unit has issued a replacement. The tag may record the existence of a previously unidentified unit.
c. A report should always be made of the entries on the tags.
 A captured identification tag of the old type. 168 is the personal number. 9th Company of the 61st Infantry Regiment. Blood group "A".  8 is the personal number. Stb. means Staff. 7 Pz. Abw. means 7th Division Antitank Battalion. Blood group "O".  83 is the personal number. 1st Company of 111th Infantry Regiment (formerly of 87th Infantry Regiment). Blood group "O".  The new type identification tag, five-digit serial number indicates field post number which is that of the messing unit. 36 is the personal number.
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on August 26th, 2010%
By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on August 24th, 2010%
 Cartoon from the October 1944 issue of C.I.C. (Combat Information Center) published by the U.S. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
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