[Magdalen] Dress Blues.

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sat Nov 14 21:36:32 UTC 2015


I would not disagree with you, Grace.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Camo outfits for little girls have this pink color on some of the patches.
> Frankly, I think it looks ridiculous...
>
> > On Nov 14, 2015, at 12:13 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/13/2015 11:54:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > We  started calling the new uniform "chocolate chip" because of the
> > apparent
> > similarity.>>>>>>
> >
> > On the subject of colors for military uniforms, there was a shade of
> > khaki tinged with pink used in summer uniforms for the Army until
> > about the time of the Viet Nam War.  This color only existed in  the
> > everyday summer short-sleeved shirt and trousers version.  I
> > can't find out much about the history of this somewhat odd color
> > which was referred to as "pinks."
> >
> > I had something like four summer short-sleeved uniforms.  Two of
> > them had this khaki-pink tint.  I gather that the color has been
> > completely abandoned.
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
> >
>


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