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U.S. Army Uniforms of World War II

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Loaded with excellent photographs of the U.S. Army uniforms of WW2. Maybe a little to much on dress uniforms and not enough on field uniforms, but still a good book.

The other reviewers above have missed the point of this work. This is not a picture book of what the soldier looked like in the field. See the many by Johnathan Gawne and Philip J. Langelier for that sort of thing. I have reviewed most of them so look them up. This is a book that will stand forever as a developmental history. Stanton was a serving officer in Vietnam and when he did his research he had access to the working files at the Army's Natick Laboratory in Masachusetts to consult. He has used all the specifications and drawings that were published. Plus many, many official and personal photographs. In combination with his other works he has covered everything from 1039 to 1975. His complete ouevre includes WW II, Korea, Cold War, and Vietnam. I wish he would continue with the Modern Volunteer Army from 1975 on.

This book is full of great pictures, both posed and candid. Most pictures are of adequate size to review the uniforms and equipment. However, the author spends too much time on officer's uniforms and on experimental uniforms. Good sections on winter and foul weather gear as well as women's uniforms.

This is a good source of real WW2 photos showing actual applications of WW2 uniforms and equipment. The selling point here are the rare pictures showing the experimental M-1943 uniform and equipment in it's "prototype" configuration.

I would recommend this to researchers,collectors, and modellers of American WW2 militaria.

RICHARD STEVE C. PAZ
PHILIPPINES!

This book is good background source to how the US uniform developed during the war years.
It covers all the dresses used by the US army, including women's clothing.
It has good pictures of the uniforms used and shows very well what the equipment used looked like. The main emphasis is on the M1943 uniform. It gives a nice in depth view on how it was developed. Including all webbings and Belt.
The pictures are good and give good view of uniforms that were worn.
The downside of this book is that there are no colour plates showing the clour of the uniforms. Therefore it makes it less suitable for modellers. Though there are pictures where the colour wear is shown.
All in all a good book for people who are intrested in the US army uniform during WWII.

I was rather disappointed by this book. I was hoping to get a good look at the uniforms worn by the GIs, especially in the Eastern Theatre. The photos in this book were too small, and you just couldn't get a good enough image of the uniforms. This book is only good if one is interested in the history of the GI uniform during WWII. Still, it is a disappointing book. I would not suggest this book to anyone interested in the uniform of the American soldier in WWII.