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Talking to dad now sat here with him.

He laughed and said how much trouble they went to digging latrine pits big enough for the gun line when you moved position.
Then at nightime you hear a noise and it was the gooks bailing the pits out to spread on the paddy fields.
He also looked a bit thoughtful and said english crap must be good stuff for the gooks to risk having a mills bomb rolled down the hill at them. Apparently the cure for any strange night time noises.
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I couldn`t imagine wearing anything woolen  next to my tenders. though it would be warm.
The drk green wool combat sweater I was issued chafed  my neck something fierce.
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I have a British Army a sweater that I trade for in the late 70's. My youngest son now owns it. He took it to Poland and wore it under his uniform jacket. 
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I actually like the feel of wool on skin as I have several heavy wool sweaters, shirts, pants and long johns. I'm my opinion, no synthetic material can beat wool for its warmth, although it is a heavy fabric.
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I have/had an ECWS system.
Polypro Long-johns, Bear Suit, goretex outer layer.
I've yet to find anything better.
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Years ago for my WWII camp display I had a WWII C<- set of what we Canadians called "long johns".  They were one piece woolen underwear with a trap door for bowel movements.  They were made by the famous Canadian manufacturer Stanfield's who have been making underwear for Canadians since 1856.  It's almost a cert that Canadians sent to Korea were issued these warm albeit scratchy underwear.
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Originally posted by Honkytonk Honkytonk wrote:

I actually like the feel of wool on skin as I have several heavy wool sweaters, shirts, pants and long johns. I'm my opinion, no synthetic material can beat wool for its warmth, although it is a heavy fabric.

Wool saved my life once.  I was out duck hunting and fell in the river when sucking mud held one foot as I was jumping into my johnboat.  I was completely submerged and soaked to the skin with the icy water, an hour away from the truck.  No problem, I wrung as much water out of my wool sweater and wool pants as I could and carried on.  Wool keeps you warm even when it's wet so I never go hunting without at least a wool sweater.
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All my wool under garments are Stanfields. Wool jacket, pants, sweaters, etc are 30 year old Filson. Caution! Filson is really expensive and in my mind, not the quality it once was. Same as Tilley hats. Again, in my opinion, not the same weight of cotton and brass fixtures are now black painted aluminum. 
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Originally posted by Honkytonk Honkytonk wrote:

All my wool under garments are Stanfields. Wool jacket, pants, sweaters, etc are 30 year old Filson. Caution! Filson is really expensive and in my mind, not the quality it once was. Same as Tilley hats. Again, in my opinion, not the same weight of cotton and brass fixtures are now black painted aluminum. 


I can attest to yer statement bout TILLEY hats.
They are no longer the quality, wieght & "finish" is NOTHING like my previous one.
Add to that: THEY ARE MADE IN CHINA NOW!! (Rotten commies)
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I am old school,  (Rotten commies)  are the Red Chinnese!
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I have field pants inserts that are nylon that button in to field pants.

I also have a nylon insert that goes in to the field jacket and the parka.

Both of these in sets are quilted nylon and look like Red Chinese cotton winter outer jackets.

Before I went in the Army I had field pant liners that where like white thick rug like material. That was about sixty years ago and do not remember where the originated from.
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Originally posted by hoadie hoadie wrote:

Originally posted by Honkytonk Honkytonk wrote:

All my wool under garments are Stanfields. Wool jacket, pants, sweaters, etc are 30 year old Filson. Caution! Filson is really expensive and in my mind, not the quality it once was. Same as Tilley hats. Again, in my opinion, not the same weight of cotton and brass fixtures are now black painted aluminum. 


I can attest to yer statement bout TILLEY hats.
They are no longer the quality, wieght & "finish" is NOTHING like my previous one.
Add to that: THEY ARE MADE IN CHINA NOW!! (Rotten commies)


You`ll be hard pressed to find anything of quality made in Canada, be it clothing or what have you.
Everything is junk crap made in China. It`s not their fault, they`re more than capable of making quality goods. It`s the companies farming out the work to them. Cut corners, minimal quality to meet minimal standards to maximize profit.
And its probably like that every where on the is planet.
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The "ECWS" has never let me down. Even camping in a tent in February in the Pa Mountains on our annual "Frozen Nutz" shoots.
Its basically 3 layers.
Polypro shirt & long pants, worn next to the skin, wicks sweat away
"Bear Suit" jacket & "farmer John" insulating layer, named for the fake brown fur. Also gloves & socks.
Parka, hood & over-trousers wind/waterproofing.
Mickey Mouse Boots, big klunky-looking things but they beat any & everything else I've tried.
There's also the 3 layer sleep system, bags.
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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I used to wear Mickey Mouse Boots when I hunted up North.

Now the hang out in that garage. Think my youngest son used to wear them twenty years ago when he went bear hunting in Maine.
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i know so little of the korean war in com=parison to every other war im near ashamed , i have a bag i use regularly from that era , i bought it surplus in the late 50s for my camping kit , its been my "bag" ever since , its in my car right now - i carry all sorts of stuff in it when i go to gun shows and such , 

hope you find what your lookin for , but these days in all the 'surplus stores' around here we are seeing cold war maybe but mostly the sand box stuff 
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Originally posted by Shamu Shamu wrote:

There's also the 3 layer sleep system, bags.

Canada had a good ECWS sleeping bag system which I used during Winter warfare training which was truly excellent.  It worked on layering like your clothing to be adjustable for the temperature.  There was a fleece blanket that buttoned into the inner down bag which slid into the outer down bag which slid into a Gore-Tex 'bivvy' bag.  All that was on top of a self-inflating air mattress.  You also wore a quilted head and shoulder cover so you could keep your head out of the bag and still be warm.  Anyone who has camped in cold weather knows the moisture in your breath will get your sleeping bag damp which causes a substantial loss of warmth.  
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