Original U.S. WWII Army Air Corps Type E-17 Emergency Sustenance Kit MP 44 an Army officer wounded in

an Army officer wounded in the chest in New Guinea was evacuated in a liaison aircraft as the pilot pumped a portable respirator with one hand while he flew the aircraft with the other

FN "Baby" Browning

Supplies were slow in arriving

Mihiel OffensiveFor the Battle of Saint-Mihiel

but pre-war era he served with the 127th Infantry Regiment

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Corps Type E-17 Emergency Sustenance Kit MP 44 an Army officer wounded inOriginal Item: Only One Available. Officially known as the United States Army Air Forces "Kit, Emergency Sustenance, Type E 17". Colloquially called a 'personal aid' kit this contained escape and evasion equipment food in two separate waterproof ethyl cellulose plastic flasks designed to fit into a small olive drab canvas pouch separated by an Emergency Signaling Mirror 1 signal mirror (ESM 1). A list of the components and directions for use is