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Allan

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Gentlemen:
How much information was stenciled onto a sea bag in 1942 era? Was is just the sailor's name? Was rate included? Would it have been JACKSON, R.T. or JACKSON, R T or JACKSON, Robert T. or JACKSON, R.T. 237 45 76 or JACKSON, R.T. TM3/c? Or what?

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Frank J Andruss Sr

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Here is one of those things that was so different from Sailor to Sailor. For instance I have sevral of them belonging to PT Boaters that list only the name. I have one that has the name and the rank. The third one I have has the name and was hand painted to showa hula girl, a Palm tree, and the different Islands he was on in the S.Pacific.

I am sure that there was a Navy Regulation on marking of clothing. Every Sailor would be given a stencil kit and black and white paint. Clothing had a certain place where you needed to put your name. Every uniform I have that was donated has been stenciled except one. If you look at a blue jumper, you will see the name on a label under the collar at the back of the neck. I do not think there was a regulation on what to put on your Sea Bag, as I have seen many with none. Most of the decorative ones I have seen were done overSeas. I could be wrong, so I am sure you will get the sraight dope from the men who were there.


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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message   Posted on: Dec 20, 2008 - 1:41pm
Sea bag details are not uppermost in my memory but I remember that at Great lakes in '42 my Sea Bag was issued to me with my name already stenciled on it (incorrectly). I doubt that rating was standard because your first Sea Bag was issued at a time when your rating was not something you were proud of and it was expected to be temporary.. At Melville I remember painting mine with a picture of Indiana and a red spot at the City from which I was inducted. A buddy had red and blue stripes to make his stand out in a pile of Sea Bags. Back then, if someone had suggested this might be a serious question someday I wouldn't have believed it. I see now that it could be legitimate.


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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message   Posted on: Dec 20, 2008 - 3:39pm
Great Lakes '43, name only was stenciled on my sea bag.
Nothing was stenciled on my "ditty bag". :-)

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Hey Guys:

All good comments. Isn't it kind of fun to ponder the most mundane of thoughts and questions regarding the actual processes and activities that were performed on a daily- maybe even an hourly basis- without much thought back then? After all, it's those little things that got you from one day and into the next. I find some of those things fascinating. Like all the ways that an SC2/c cou;d come up with to serve SPAM !! I know one PTer right now who will not allow Spam into his house! Thirty days straight eating that stuff. UGH !! Other little things the answers to which have proven interesting- like how the .45 cal ammo wasa divied up among the crew, and what did they grab for their personal safety when going oveer the side in enemy waters after reefing. Very interesting to ponder, indeed.

One question remains: if the name only was stenciled- was it last name with first and middle initials? Or was it more likely the last name with first name and middle initial?

I love the small and simple facts.

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At San Diego our stencil included initials, last name and boot camp company number. At some later time I cut off the initials and boot camp company number. I still have the part with my last name.

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message   Posted on: Dec 23, 2008 - 8:28am
I thought I addressed this subject before but I can't find my post: if this is a repeat, sorry. Although it was against regulations for an enlisted man to wear sidearms, nearly all our crew did. Some skippers enforced the Navy regs but most didn't. We "procured" our ammo from friendly army or Marine camps, but always had plenty, even for target practice. We justified it because of the occasional enemy attempt to float underwater into our base or the chance patrol from out of the surrounding jungle. So there was never a problem of dividing up the ammo.



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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message   Posted on: Dec 28, 2008 - 1:38pm
Found! More stencils. We apparently had three stencils. The one that I recently mentioned had only my last name. I was aware that I had cut off my initials and boot camp company number. This morning I was looking into an old wooden box in which I had kept some possessions. I have a stencil with my last name and initials. The boot camp number has been cut off as it was no longer needed after boot camp. This one had been used for white ink. The other one had been used for black ink. I had completely forgotten the third stencil. It has my three initials. It is intact. It had been used with black and white ink. The initials were placed on items that were too small for the entire name and number,

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Thanks Gentlemen, each and every one. I susoected that I had found my father's stencil but, because it did not include his service ID number, I wasn't sure. Your help is appreciated.

Allan


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