Age UK - Wartime Research

What uniforms men had to wear as head cooks in the army during World War 2!

[Ehrang, Germany, 1918] (1) Sgt. Tebbe (2) Corp. Milton (3) Pvt. Walters (4) Sgt. Todd (5) Pvt. Segler (6) Sgt. Lynn (7) Corp. Rippberger (8) Pvt. Hunt (9) Corp. Pugh (10) Pvt. Rumohr

(11) Cook Weber, Head Cook (12) Sgt. Fedders (13) Cook Elliott, 2nd Cook (14) Corp. Doty (15) Pvt. Running (16) Corp. James (17) Corp. Blankenship (18) Corp. Grimes (19) Corp. Fluhart (20) 1st Sgt. Schoolfield (21) Sgt. Jarman. Captain Swaim [seated, left] 2nd Lt. Wanter.

This is an image of three German Army cooks during the Second World War

Quote; ‘The newly arrived Hauptamnn had casually tossed a bottle of Hungarian red wine to old Tomas, head cook, with a wink in his eye, and asked him to add some to the goulash that was being prepared . . . "to give it extra depth!" ‘

Student dietitian discussing recipe with head cook.

Dietitians, physical therapists, and occupational therapists became part of the Army's medical program during World War I. As civilian employees, they served not only in the United States, but also with the American Expeditionary Forces in France and with the army of occupation in Germany.

Army cooks gathered around a clay oven

Parachutes

 Parachutes open as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army in September of 1944. Operation Market Garden was the largest airborne operation in history, with some 15,000 troops were landing by glider and another 20,000 by parachute. (Army)

 The woman in this photograph is a worker at the Pacific Parachute Company in San Diego.

Nylon was used throughout world war 2 to make parachutes, mosquito netting and surgical sutures. Postwar production returned to hosiery.

Here is a soldier with a rifle in one hand and his back pack on his shoulder.

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