A battle costume for fighters able to stop bomb and shell fragments and keep the wearer from drowning.

Title (Dublin Core): A battle costume for fighters able to stop bomb and shell fragments and keep the wearer from drowning.
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Personal protection (armors)
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): A four-way protection for fighters is provided by the Navy's latest battle costume
extracted text (Extract Text): FOUR-WAY PROTECTION for
fighters is provided by the Navy's
latest battle costume. Though it
weighs less than four pounds, the
garment contains enough kapok
stuffing to stop bomb and shell
fragments, keep the wearer from
drowning, and prevent “blast”
shock from underwater explosions.
It also guards against burns.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1944-01
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 1, 1944
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 45
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)