From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sat Nov 12 2005 - 16:25:19 PST
...and by Walter "RADAR" O'Reilly, M.A.S.H 4077th.
A P B
----- Original Message -----
> The Field cap i was looking for in the past has had an interesting trail,
From: <MYDEUCEANDWILLYS@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 6:43 PM
Subject: [MV] Hat info
i
> have had many people on and off the list give me a dozen names for it,
well
> this inspired me to find the correct name. the M 1951 olive drab cotton
field
> cap was intended to be worn in a variety of climates, and under combat
> conditions, there was also a winter version with fold down ear flaps, it
became
> unofficially known as a 'Patrol Cap' by the US Army Rangers of the time,
> Chief of stall Gen., Matthew B. Ridgeway began directing forces to
improve
> there image There for the cap became the target of the 'Smarten up"
movement
> by Gen. Ridgeway,
> This cap so often called by the wrong name is officially the M1951
> 'RIDGEWAY' Field Cap.
> Worn proudly by Elvis, And not so notably by Castro too. Randy out.
>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ackyle@gmail.com>
> Visit the searchable archives at http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Tue Jul 18 2006 - 21:31:55 PDT