Field Equipment
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Casket Tag | Robert T. STRAYER
A metal tag about 3 times larger in width as a standard US WWII period identification tag, or ‘Dog Tag”. These were used in case a deceased American soldier buried overseas was repatriated for re-burial in a US civilian cemetery, most likely in the hometown of the deceased. This tag was placed on the casket, […]
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Marker, Temporary Grave
Example of an unused wooden Grave Marker very likely made in 1945 for the upcoming invasion of Japan. Of course, that event never took place, resulting these wooden crosses were placed in storage. Nevertheless, this is an actual grave marker made in the dimensions given by the FM10-63 manual. The dogtag placed on the marker […]
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Personal Effects Pouch
Heavy canvas bag used for shipping personal effects of deceased military personnel to Army Effects Bureau in Kansas City, Mo. The Dispatch Card goes into the pocket beneath the handle, along with the Pouch List which shows names of men who owned the effects. Front side of the pouch shows its individual serial number, which […]
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Bottle-Identification, Burial (Stock No. 57-B-1000)
Glass bottle containers stored per six in a cardboard box with sleeve. Those could be used at a temporal burial of a deceased soldier storing small personal effects that could speed up identifying later. It ain’t a pretty idea, but tattoos and piercings were cutt from the body and stored in one of those green […]