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The most comprehensive study ever produced on survival and rescue equipment used by the U.S. Army Air Forces and US Navy and Marine Corps during the Second World War. VOLUME 3 in this series focuses on emergency equipment carried in aircraft and worn by pilots and aircrew members for survival on land and at sea, in temperate, desert, jungle and Arctic conditions, including first aid kits, rations, weapons and other accessories. Featuring over 1000 photographs and detailed descriptions including developmental history and government contract information on all known models produced. Together with VOLUMES 1 and 2, this series of guides is an indispensable resource for collectors, researchers and historians. Noted collector and military historian Dustin Clingenpeel has spent over 30 years gathering, examining and documenting survival and rescue gear and researching its history and development.

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On his 13th birthday, noted collector and military historian Dustin Clingenpeel received the gift of an M1 Carbine and established himself as a collector. 30 years later, having spent the last 20 spent examining and documenting survival and rescue gear and researching its history and development, all aspects of United States WWII memorabilia remain a passion of his.

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