From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Sat Oct 11 2003 - 13:28:01 PDT
Send me a copy. I will have fun with my USMC Friends.
I had never heard that Marines had to wear sarongs.
Tom McHugh, NJ
US Army Retired
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA
----- Original Message -----
From: "William C. Vose" <wcvose@cfl.rr.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] ????????????????SARONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> sounds like something one of Uncle Sams Misguided Children would wear!
>
> Gene Pantano wrote:
>
> >Guys here is a good one..
> >Not quite MV related...but USMC related...
> >I have had a request from a MARINE Recruiter in KS....
> >He has a question that I thought someone on the list may be able to come
up
> >with some answers on..
> >It seems that in the 20's...in the South Pacific...the US MARINES were
> >issued "SARONGS"...yes..SARONGS..to better interact with the local Island
> >inhabitants. They even had the red stripe down the sides... What he needs
is
> >any photos or any written literature on the subject. Seems he has
acquired
> >one of the SARONGS and has not been able to come up with any definitive
> >literature on the subject. Any help out there will be greatly
appreciated...
> >Thanks...Gene
> >
> >
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