From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Wed Nov 16 2005 - 17:21:34 PST
Sonny is right. Castro wore his hat for a lot longer than that.
Why don't we contact Castro & ask where he gets his hats. He must have
bought more than 1 by now.
Tom McHugh, NJ
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA, Red Ball
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] [BULK] Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>I believe Fidel was wearing that cap long before we stopped wearing it.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <djslager@mail.icongrp.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Sonny Heath"
> <sonny@defuniak.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:28 PM
> Subject: [BULK] Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>
>
>> When Fidel Castro started wearing the hat, they took ours away and gave
>> us
>> the OD baseball cap..................We should have shot him, and kept
>> our
>> hats. I, myself did not like the baseball cap. Doug Slager
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:16 AM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>>
>>
>>> Will someone jogg my memory please? When was it that we were not
>>> supposed
>>> to wear the ridgeway cap any longer? Thats when we went to the OD
>> baseball
>>> type cap, right? I mean there wasn't a time there in between that we
>>> were
>>> required to wear that ugly field cap, correct?
>>>
>>> Sonny
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dave J" <sd0044@gwtc.net>
>>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:00 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>>>
>>>
>>> > When I arrived at Air Force Basic Training in the early 60s the TIs
>>> > were
>>> > wearing Ridgeways.
>>> > We recruits of course wore the issue baseball style cap.
>>> >
>>> > For some reason I never did like the cap after that. LOL
>>> >
>>> > Dave J
>>> > ============================
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: "Stu" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
>>> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:03 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> When I was in military school in the early 60's, we were issued these
>>> > caps.
>>> >> They really were sharp looking. I also used to see them in the
>> army-navy
>>> >> stores late 50's-early 60's.
>>> >>
>>> >> "Stu"
>>> >> Southern NH, USA
>>> >> "Live Free Or Die"
>>> >>
>>> >> MVPA #14790
>>> >>
>>> >> 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
>>> >> 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>>> > Behalf
>>> >> Of MYDEUCEANDWILLYS@aol.com
>>> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:50 PM
>>> >> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>>> >> Subject: Re: [MV] hats or caps - as in fatigue
>>> >>
>>> >> I have 2 Ridgeway Caps and your description fits to a tee, Some of
>>> >> the
>>> >> replies have had a mistaken identity and were talking about a
>>> >> standard
>>> >> fatigue
>>> >> cap, The Ridgeway cap as you have stated has the ring, Sadly they
>>> >> are
>>> >> way
>>> >> to
>>> >> small. So he search continues, It is a frustrating thing, looking
>>> >> for
>>> > these
>>> >> it
>>> >> has been amazing how many people have no idea of what they are,
>>> > Personally
>>> >> I
>>> >> think they are a Big part of the Army's history and fit the period
>>> > vehicles
>>> >> so
>>> >> well, They do just look so SHARP! And I think its worth it to learn
>>> > about
>>> >> such things,
>>> >> Randy out
>>> >>
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