Plywood Packboard and Accessories (1944 & 1951)

Plywood Packboard

Packboard, Plywood

Army Stock Number: 74-P-27-20

 

1944 dated (with packboard attachment and quick release strips):

 

1951 dated (with lashing rope):

 

Manual sheet:

 

Quick release shoulder strip buckle:

 

Collapsible attachment ring:


Accessories

Stock Number Reference:

Nomenclature Army Stock Number
ATTACHMENT, PACKBOARD, PLYWOOD 74-A-33-25
STRAP, QUICK RELEASE, PACKBOARD, TYPE I 74-S-349-80

WWII era Plywood Packboard and Vietnam War era Metal Radio Packboard.

On July 28 1965 fifty thousand US troops were sent to Vietnam. Pictured, United States Marines stand-by on an air base in Da Nang – by Winfield Parks