From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"John Beamish"  wrote in
message news:4130b56c{at}w3.nls.net...
> Here's a better url:
>
http://www.soldiercity.com/product_information.asp?number=5799&back=search&de
pt=461
>
> (And I agree:  what's so special?)
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:4130ab8a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > I just want to replace my recently lost military issue P38 can opener
> <
>> > a truly great invention >
>>
>> http://www.soldiercity.com/search_results.asp?new=yes
>>
>> They don't look all that special, so what's so good about them?
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>
>

My Memories  I've done at leat 25 items on the list with it
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38 Ways to Use the P-38
By Steve Wilson, MSG Proponent NCO Dept of the Army Office of the Chief of
Chaplains The Pentagon

1. Can Opener
2. Seam Ripper
3. Screwdriver
4. Clean Fingernails
5. Cut Fishing Line
6. Open Paint Cans
7. Window Scraper
8. Scrape Around Floor Corners
9. Digging
10. Clean  out Groove on TupperWare Lids 11.Reach in and Clean Out Small
Cracks 12. Scrape Around Edge of Boots
13. Bottle Opener
14. Gut Fish (in the field)
15. Scale Fish (in the field)
16. Test for 'Doneness' When Baking on a Camp Fire 17. Prying Items
18. Strip Wire
19. Scrape Pans in the Field
20. Lift Key on Flip Top Cans
21. Chisel
22. Barter
23. Marking Tool
24. Deflating Tires
25. Clean Sole of Boot/Shoe
26. Pick Teeth
27. Measurement
28. Striking Flint
29. Stirring Coffee
30. Puncturing Plastic Coating
31. Knocking on Doors
32. Morse Code
33. Box Cutter
34. Opening Letters
35. Write Emergency Messages
36. Scratch an Itch
37. Save as a Souvenir
38. Rip Off Rank for On-the-Spot Promotions

Source: The Checkerboard, 99th Infantry Division newspaper P-38

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