[Milsurplus] USS Missouri Photo - Equipment ID?

[mikea]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 01:48:59PM -0400, Clare Owens wrote:
> Very interesting.  I wonder how the group managed to obtain all of the
> equipment needed to refill those racks.  But I see something else to
> ask about:  The Gibson Girl looks like it's sitting in front of its
> waterproof packaging and like it also has its wide canvas straps.  I
> just bought a Gibson Girl with the straps but have not been able to
> find a reference to how the straps were to be used.  Does anybody have
> that information or a reference to a site with diagrams/pictures?

My Gibson Girl has a diagram right on the top, Figure 1, showing the 
straps going around the thighs and under the Gibson Girl. It also has 
a table showing dots and dashes for the alphabet and digits, and how-
to-use instructions. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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Tired old sysadmin