Keywords: 80-G-426810: A new air survival kit is displayed onboard USS Valley Forge (CVA 45). The new kit was designed by U.S. Navy fliers and can be parachuted to pilots downed behind enemy lines. The kit contains: warm clothes, food, a sleeping bag, a carbine rifle and ammunition, a flashlight, candles, an ax, and other supplies needed for survival. The kit also contains medical supplies and a small radio transceiver. Photograph released February 23, 1951. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/22). 80-G-426810: A new air survival kit is displayed onboard USS Valley Forge (CVA 45). The new kit was designed by U.S. Navy fliers and can be parachuted to pilots downed behind enemy lines. The kit contains: warm clothes, food, a sleeping bag, a carbine rifle and ammunition, a flashlight, candles, an ax, and other supplies needed for survival. The kit also contains medical supplies and a small radio transceiver. Photograph released February 23, 1951. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/22). |