Word: wool
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Combat Wreckage. Battle scars are everywhere. When we rolled into Bhamo there was a Jap tankette still rusting by the road and outside one dugout, two feet from the highway, lay a Japanese soldier still unburied. His pants and wool puttees were dried on his body, but his chest, exposed, was now a hollow framework of ribs through which red dust sifted...
...Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries: a new synthetic-wool fiber, called Ardil, made from peanuts. Cheaper than sheep's wool, Ardil can be mixed with wool, cotton or rayon, is shrinkproof, mothproof, woolly-warm...
...Pacific, light cotton uniforms turned out to be unsuitable as the Army moved north into the tropical rain belt. So cotton is being replaced by wool...
...scheduled to last until June 2. This will not affect consumers immediately. But it will probably mean less tropical weight worsteds for men's suits next summer, and a reduction in woolen goods for all civilians next winter. Deepest cut will come in blankets, women's wool suits and dresses, men's suits and overcoats, underwear and socks. The worsted and woolen shortage will increase demands for cotton and rayon, thus will affect the entire supply of clothing...
Long sought in New Guinea, where some WACs have had to wear baggy twill fatigue suits on & off duty, the new jungle ensemble includes tailored khaki slacks, a matching shirt, ankle-high field shoes. The cold-weather outfit consists of wool-flannel trousers and jacket with snug-fitting collar, cuffs, and ankle bands (and may be used as a complete costume or as a lining for heavier clothes...