Uses of the Pack Board
Pack Boards for Observers “We use pack boards[C] for forward observers and liaison parties. They are a wonderful help in hilly or mountainous country when these parties have to leave their vehicles and hoof it. Two for each party adds up to six per howitzer battery and six in Battalion Headquarters Battery.”
[C] Rectangular frames with canvas centers to which supplies or gear may be lashed and carried as a pack. See [illustration].
PHOTOGRAPH BY U. S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS
Patrol of the 25th Division, New Georgia Campaign
SECTION III
MISCELLANEOUS
Booby Traps Seventh Army Report, Sicily: “A German Luger pistol was ‘booby trapped’ on a table. A new replacement picked it up. Two were killed and fourteen wounded in the resulting explosion.”
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First Division Report, Tunisia: “A Luger pistol was found lying on the ground. An American infantry lieutenant carefully tied a long cord to it and then, getting into a hole, pulled it to him and put it in his pocket. Later in the day while examining the pistol he attempted to remove the magazine. The explosion killed the lieutenant and two other men and wounded six soldiers.”