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Japanese invasion of Davao (December 20, 1941 to April 1942) Battle of the Philippines (1941–42) 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942. Battle of Bataan 7 January – 9 April 1942. Battle of Corregidor 5–6 May 1942. Battle of Cebu 12 - 19 May 1942. Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941–1945) 8 May 1942 – 5 July 1945.
M-1941 field jacket (1941-1946) American tanker jacket (1942-1946) American HBT jacket (1942-1946) Military shirts. American khaki cotton summer uniform/shirt (1935-1942) British khaki drill uniform/shirt (1935-1942) American mustard wool uniform/shirt (1942-1946) American M-1937 wool shirt (1942-1946) American M-1937 OD wool shirt (1942-1946)
Leatherneck is a military slang term in the U.S. for a member of the United States Marine Corps. It is generally believed to originate in the wearing of a "leather stock" that went around the neck. Its original purpose was to protect the neck from slashing blades in battle but it also served to keep the head and the neck erect when the uniform ...
Overseas service chevrons were discontinued by the Navy and Marine Corps after the First World War. On 30 June 1944, the War Department issued Circular No. 268, authorizing a bar-shaped uniform patch to symbolize overseas service during World War II. [2] During WWII, it was often informally referred to as a "Hershey bar."
The modern Royal Marines retain a number of distinctive uniform items. These include the green "Lovat" service dress, the dark blue parade dress worn with the white Wolsley pattern helmet (commonly referred to as a "pith helmet") or red & white peaked cap, the scarlet and blue mess dress for officers and non-commissioned officers [20] and the white hot-weather dress of the Band Service.
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) General Douglas MacArthur, President Osmeña, and staff land at Palo, Leyte on October 20, 1944. 10,000 casualties at Leyte Gulf. [ 19] The Philippines campaign, Battle of the Philippines, Second Philippines campaign, or the Liberation of the Philippines, codenamed Operation Musketeer I, II, and III, was the ...
The Battle of Luzon ( Tagalog: Labanan sa Luzon; Japanese: ルソン島の戦い; Spanish: Batalla de Luzón) was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan. The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory.
Campaign hat. A campaign hat used by the Legion of Frontiersmen, c. 1910s. A campaign hat, sometimes called campaign cover, is a broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, with a high crown, pinched symmetrically at the four corners. The campaign hat is occasionally referred to as a Stetson, derived from its origin in the company's Boss of the Plains ...