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Show Clothes Help Fight World War II In Frigid Arctic Areas It has been said that uclothes make the man.' It tahes more than clothes to make a soldier. But since he must fight in the frigid temperatures of the arctic, his clothes must be designed to keep him tvarm enough to think and fight efficiently whether he is bucking a North Atlantic wind or an Aleutian island snoivstorm as in the pictures above. Winter clothes are developed Body heat passes to an elec-by elec-by the army quartermaster tronic potentiometer developed corps. A volunteer is shoan walk- by the Broicri Instrument Co., a ing in an arctic room. Cable is division of the Minneapolis-attached Minneapolis-attached to a body harness. Honneywcll Regulator Co. yf 4' , rA' , 1 A ,-y:Mf' W-vr ' V" : ft1 vj v S ' ? " i I- N y AJ'1 t H I , 1 Z f i j, . J The potentiometer measures' Body temperatures in a few seconds. On the floor in above picture is a sleeping bag containing a soldier wearing a harness. Room temperature is 40 degrees below zero. MJtlyrs-l'JK.---- Above: Mountain artillery f ' - - troops wear especially designed r ' 'V'Zw' clothing during winter maneu- ij. l-fi'A'', ' vers. Left: A coast guardsman at Kku $&. Xtc : coW onfy ""pos'- Several volunteers take vart in arctic room tests. |