Lightweight Rucksack (1968 Ver.)
2015-11-16
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Backpack & Rucksack, The Vietnam War
With Saigon Surplus made straps.
Stock Number Reference:
Rucksack, Lightweight
FSN: 8465-782-3248
Assign Date: Unknown
Components
| Nomenclature |
FSN |
Qty. |
| Frame, Field Pack |
8465-782-3249 |
1 |
| Strap, Webbing |
8465-782-3250 |
1 |
| Field Pack, Lightweight |
8465-782-2113 |
1 |
Sergeant Donald E. Mara (Manchester, Hew Hampshire), finds the going wet as he wades through a knee-deep stream during an operation west of Con Thien. A member of 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, participated in the multi-battalion operation just south of the Demilitarized Zone (official USMC photo by Lance Corporal C. E. Woodruff).”
Original photo and description sourced from: The Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division
