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Marines Struggle With Clothing Rationing in 1960s
Gen Greene told Congress that khaki trousers were cut back by top Pentagon officials after the Defense Supply Agency centralized clothing items for all services. He warned supply would have run out in March without rationing. Marines expanded recruit clothing issues and faced shortages of shirts trousers and coats as plans to call up reserves altered procurement. Rep Mahon urged action while noting technology race to the moon magnified frustration over clothing for troops.
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Wallace M. Greene
Greene
House
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Pentagon
Marin Corps
Viet Nam
Marine
Butler
McNamara
Centralied Defense Supply Agency
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Secretary of Defence
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Paw BR. Ignatius
Delenise
Congress
Marine Corps
Ignatius
Brit Dsa
George” Mahon
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Cairmann
House Appropriations Committee