Precision Clothes
The rigid standard demanded in making clothing for servicemen was referred to by the manager of a factory producing jungle when he was giving evidence before tlie No. 10a Armed Forces Appeal Court in Christehureh. lie said that if the pocket of a shirt was one-eighth ol an inch out I lie shirt wus 1 cjectcd"L 1 don't think the. Japs would mind if the pocket was not straight," he said. The fallacy of this precision was. emphasised later, however, when t]ic witness said that in the jungle the shirts lasted only two days sometimes before they were lorn to shreds.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 37, 31 December 1943, Page 5
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103Precision Clothes Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 37, 31 December 1943, Page 5
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