Korea Cold Weather Gear
Sgt Grit: Enclosed is result of contact between G. Robinson and myself, regarding a prior article I had written. With all the current reference of Korea, thought you’d like to see the resulting pictures.
Thanks for the quick reply, Top.
I thought you might enjoy seeing pictures of the vest I referred to plus the USMC long parkas. First the parka:
Then here’s the alpaca vest I picked up last week:
It has your name over a breast pocket and is the only one of these I’ve ever seen with a pocket. And it has what looks like Korean language characters printed on the loop of cloth at the collar.
Rear of the vest with your name and service number
I’ve seen the so called “pile liners” for the M1943 field jacket. They had pieces of woven string that hooked over the buttons for closure of the jacket. It was an Army item and never knew that the Marines used those. Is this the jacket you referred to?
So you were an 0141 assigned to Army X Corps? I guess when the 1st Marine Division was pulled out after the Chosin Reservoir campaign you were among them?
The fella who sold me the vest thought you were in a Marine tank outfit. He even said he had two jackets that belonged to you both of which had artwork on the back depicting Marine tankers and had the name of a Marine tank Bn. I assume that was a total fabrication…….or was that a later assignment during your career?
So what did you do after Korea? I assume you spent some time in Southeast Asia before you retired?
I live in the Atlanta area. I spent six years in the Marine Reserve from 1967 until 1973. I was trained at Camp Pendleton as an 0141 but was re-trained as a truck driver when I got to my Reserve unit. I drove the 2 1/2 ton 6X6’s.
Been to Las Vegas a couple times but prefer Lake Tahoe when I’m out your way. That’s a nice area.
Semper Fi
Greg Robinson