Camouflage Jungle Rucksack

This rucksack was issued to the Army in Southeast Asia and Pacific Theatre of Operations. And then there was an OD-7 version issued to the ETO units: M-1943 Field Pack.

 

Stock Number Reference:

Pack, Jungle

Army Stock Number: 74-P-15

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M-1943 Field Pack (left) and Jungle Rucksack (right)
Nov. 1944: American soldiers take cover from fire of a Japanese machine gun in the Philippines during World War II. The troops are part of the first wave to land on Leyte Island in the Philippine invasion. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps)