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Show Lipstick, Face Cream, Paint Disguise and Protect Our Fighting Men Cosmetics for camouflage, for preventing pre-venting skin chapping and sunburn, and fur other similar purposes are reaching overseas theaters of operation opera-tion In large quantities, the war department de-partment says. When cosmetics are used for camouflage, cam-ouflage, the basic objective Is to eliminate the bright reflection of the white skin and to obscure the pattern pat-tern of the face by putting the paint on in Irregular blotches. Cosmetics are used by virtually all combat elements ele-ments Including certain ground echelons eche-lons of the army air forces. Paint for face and hand camouflage camou-flage has been standardized in nine colors: light green, dark green, sand, field drab, earth brown, earth yellow, yel-low, loam, earth red. and olive drab. Tubes containing these ahades are Issued to soldiers In appropriate areas, together with small booklets of Instructions. Soldiers In desert areas, as well as in extremely cold climates, are sun-plied sun-plied with chap sticks, since It ha. been discovered that in dry deser climates lips will crack badly even in temperatures of 110 degrees. Other important aids for the soldier sol-dier are insect repellents and creams to prevent sunburn. The latter lat-ter filter out the sun's burning rayt but allow tanning of the skin. Hun dreds of thousands of two-ounce con talners of this preparation are Ir use by troops at the fronts |