Well, Ive been collecting US footlockers for a few years now and I'm up to 5 or 6 now. So had 2 I wasn't using, so took 2 and put them in 1 in the living room up and downstairs for my daughters toy box. How many 9 year olds have Korea era OD green US military foot lockers. Outstanding. Then I pulled out my 2 wool, US blankets, got them cleaned, took 2 careful washings to get the mothball smell out of them and get them to be usable. lol. but now have them on the couch as well. Finally getting some use out of all the stuff Ive been collecting over the years. Pretty awesome. If you get yourself a wool blanket, get some woolite detergent, put your washer on the wool or delicate cycle then tumble dry low damp and air dry the rest. per my moms instructions as i had to call and ask, she is the quilter.
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Good Use of Blankets and Foot Lockers
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Ive made it a point to try to use everything we get, Im not saving it for anyone, Bought it to use. not for the next guy. Being 37 I just missed out on the Great tonic truck era so while i had a couple its nothing like what my parents would have had growing up. So of course being a guy, I am reliving my childhood through my daughter. lol. She had a wicked awesome 1940's through 1960's stamped and cast steel collection that she hauls her legos and stuffed animals on. But hey, she never got into barbie dolls, thank the lord.
Black lockers matter too. I'm actually drinking my morning coffee under an East German surplus blanket now. Have a couple of those and a couple OD green U.S. blankets around as well.
Cpt Caveman
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Seriously? No ones gonna freak out?
I've got a stack of foot lockers...been using them since I was a kid (Howe Military Academy) and in the Army...also got my Dad's from WWII and Korea. They are useful storage devices...I just don't want to live out of one anymore.
Have a stack of the wool blankets too...we use them on the bed in the winter. I have an old Bulgarian wool overcoat that I use as a robe...needs mending again, the wool is much more robust than the thread they used to put it together.
Have a stack of the wool blankets too...we use them on the bed in the winter. I have an old Bulgarian wool overcoat that I use as a robe...needs mending again, the wool is much more robust than the thread they used to put it together.
Um yeah, the Army moved to wall lockers sometime in the 80’s. Nowhere near as cool as footlockers.I collected mine the hard way...
Recently got my fathers Navy sea bag from WWII. It has several uniforms in it , some still rolled and tied with fancy knots. They had to do that for inspections at that time.
It is going into a glass topped footlocker for display.
Don
It is going into a glass topped footlocker for display.
Don
Now where did I put that surplus, wooden, flare(?) box..... I think my brother and I used to use it for storing GI Joe stuff which is long gone now. I kept the box all these years for miscellaneous storage. Just thought it was cool with the rope handes.
The open bay barracks on the main campus at CAJMTC have wall lockers and foot lockers for every man. And the trays better be placed the right way inside when you are being inspected before leaving (oops). BOQ didn't have wall lockers or foot lockers. The barracks at daniels camp are brand new and have the fancy beds with storage underneath, very nice facilities.
I had one when i was younger dont remember what happened to it. I only use wool blankets at home love the feel of them.
