Hello,

Does anyone know a quick reference for the stock numbers of USN medical items? I am sorting my various bandages and would like to keep the Army ones separated from the Navy items.

Thanks,

Cesar.

In WWII at least, the navy used #-### and the army used ##### and #######. How ever, from everything I've read, heard and seen, both services used both types. Even some of the navy coded items say US Army model on them. I wouldn't be too uptight about keeping them separate. Post war the army used #-###-### then after Korea, ####-####-#### following NSN or FSN. Check out the WW2 Medical Research Center for more info on the numbering systems.

 

Doc Rick

Thanks Doc, I was following the WW2 Medical Research data and was able to determine that some of my items were Navy. Oddly, some bandage compress boxes I have only contain the description of the item on the box and no lot, stock or item numbers.

 

Cesar.

As usual, in WWII we were unprepared for war so many civilian sources were used and since a military issue gauze roll is the same as a civilian gauze roll, both were pressed into service for wartime service. So you are gonna need a third catagory, civilian "Draftee" medical gear. And I have a couple of battle dressing boxes, large mainly, that do not have any stock number on them either. Not sure where they belong, but again, probably used by both services as available. I've read in a few books that Navy Corpsman and Army Medics used of share and raid each other's medical stores in the Pacific.