Re: [MV] ????????????????SARONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sat Oct 11 2003 - 13:59:26 PDT


Sgt: "What's "sarong" with that?"

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From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] ????????????????SARONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At 9:36 AM -0600 10/11/03, 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

I can see this.

"Sarge? The Lt says we have to wear skirts?!!?? What gives?"

Somehow Gene, I don't see many Marines bragging about this uniform change.

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