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Thread: 1968 Department of the Army pamphlet

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    The Haunted Tank.
    My brother saw Deliverance and bought a Bow. I saw Deliverance and bought an AR-15.

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    yelp that is the One Man I miss those Comics


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    I always thought it was "Lubricant, Semi-liquid, Automatic weapons".
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    Anyway-- it was not bad stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by az doug View Post
    They were not permanent unless they were sewn in. You "broke starch" back then. My first Army issued Permanent Press Fatigues were in 1977 or 1978 while I was stationed at Fort Benning

    When I went in the Army, a few years after that DA Pamphlet came out, they were still using it or one very similar. Brings back old memories.
    Brings back memories. We did that with BDUs until the early 90s, when it was deemed starch was diminishing the protective anti-IR properties and wearing the uniforms out too fast due to fading, causing a financial burden on the troops. That's where "wet press" was accepted by the Army and adopted by local cleaners.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ned Christiansen View Post
    I always thought it was "Lubricant, Semi-liquid, Automatic weapons".
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    Anyway-- it was not bad stuff.
    Agreed. I have 2 quarts of it I found in a flea market a few years ago, in my garage. It works very well.
    Last edited by RogerinTPA; 09-18-11 at 10:18.
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    Are the printed copies still available?

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    cool... interesting to note they insisted on generous lube on the moving parts even back then.

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    I remember being a kid and sitting in my Dad's office, back when he was a Captain in charge of K Troop @ Ft. Bliss. He would hand me a stack, of what I thought were comic books, turns out they were training manuals...I remember one that addressed Kimchi (no joke Kimchi). We had no such manuals when I was in the Corps (Happy Birthday Brothers), but they are still written so that the least skilled readers can understand. I say go back to comics if we are going to dumb them down anyway....least they were entertaining

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    I wonder how much an original copy in excellent condition is worth?
    Ive got a couple,and they aint for sale, just curious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aveisone View Post
    Check this out. Its worth your time.

    http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/docu...PTR=5857&REC=7

    Entertaining and educational.
    i found a couple of those when they closed the armory. mine is the superseded 1july69. it's in a sealed bag that's dated 4/71.

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