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[Salvage Sailor]

11 hours ago, patches said:

These are what are categorized as Private Purchase Cavalry Leggings, never seen these before till I seen this photo. It's from a 1937 Army Periodical. 

 

They are being worn here by troops of the 64th Coast Artillery Regiment in Hawaii, and it seems it is a unit thing. Strange that they would wear these Mounted Leggings considering CA units are Static or at the very least Motorized, its not like they're Horse Artillery LOL.

 

Khaki with Dark Leather Trim.

 

This photo is the 64th CAC at Fort Shafter, T.H., the white faced leggings were a Hawaiian Department 'thing'.  Scroll through my Pineapple Army postings and you'll see plenty of them in use on Oahu 1920-1940.

 

Photos Below, 3rd Engineers Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1920

 

 

 

27th Infantry 'Wolfhound' MP's with the Little Colonel, 1939

 

 

 

 

[patches]

Fantastic follow up Salvage, I was hoping you'd look in and since it is a Hawaii based unit back then, I was hoping you could add to it, which you did.

[Salvage Sailor]

Aye, more white faced leggings, Hawaiian Department, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

HD MP's at Kole Kole Pass, 1928

 

11th Field Artillery, Hawaiian Artillery Brigade 1935

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