Uniform tested - soldiers with M-1s - of course

[RT Ellis]

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"Yuma, Arizona, Two soldier testmen of the Quartermaster Test Team model the new experimental and the standard issue desert clothing worn during five weeks of experimental tests in the Imperial Desert of Southeastern California, near Yuma. Cpl. Laurence Kwiecinski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (left), is one of three squads of testmen wearing the experimental uniform. Physiological checks were made and compared with results produced by a fourth squad wearing the standard issue as worn by Pvt. Thomas Yates of Bardwell, Kentucky (right). Outstanding features in the new garb are the cloth peaked cap and utility head cloth which afforded ample insulation to the head while protecting the desert trooper from the sun, wind and sand storms." August 16, 1951 Unaccredited/U.S. Army SC375980-S

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"Yuma, Arizona, The testmen who wear the experimental and standard issue clothing assemble each morning as the day‘s operations are outlined for them by the field testing officer and First Sergeant of the 56 enlisted men who live in the desert for the five weeks of research are assigned to four squads, with a portion of one squad continually wearing the standard issue (three men right of front row). The soldiers leave this work formation and proceed to the location for each day’s tests." August 16, 1951 Unaccredited/U.S. Army SC375982-S

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