Survival Kit

© Brooke Clarke 2010

This is a survival kit that was issued after the Korean war (timeline).  It was used during the same time period as the SDU-5/E Distress Strobe Light, the PRC-25 & PRC-77 radios, and other survival equipment.

Bag

Part 1

1. Sealed Plastic Bag
2. Plastic Container
3. Adhesive Plaster
4. Matches
5. Bouillon Cubes
6. Oxytetracycline Tablets - (Wiki) - was the second of the broad-spectrum tetracycline group of antibiotics to be discovered.
7. Sweet Chocolate Ration Bar
8. Dextro-AmphetamineSulfate Tablets - (Wiki) - a psychostimulant drug which is known to produce increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and decreased appetite
9. APC Tablets - All Purpose Capsule? (Aspirin? Wiki)
   
10. Bacitracin Opthalmic Ointment - (Wiki) - very effective topical antibiotic
11. Chloroquine (Wiki) & Primaquine (Wiki)  Phosphates Tablets - drugs used in the treatment or prevention of malaria
12. Bandage, Absorbent, Adhesive
    
13. Aluminum Foil ( Fold to make container for heating fluids or cooking.)
14. Soaped Tissues, Wrapped
    
15. Sewing Kit
16. Fishhooks and Line
17. Fraass Surgical Mfg. Co. Inc. (then FRAASS Survival Systems) - Kit List

Part 2

Survival Mirror

2395605 Light Directing Device, Larry L. Young, Application Dec 7 1943, issued Feb 26 1946 -

M-186 Pocket Flare Gun

The chamber is threaded 7/16-20 and the flare has that thread.  May be the same as a teag gas pocket pen gun.
If you know of a source for flares (new old stock or used spent) let me know.
Very similar to the tear gas gun:
1897992 Gas Gun, Lake Erie Chemical Co, Feb 21 1933 -

AFM 64-15 Survival Uses of the Parachute, 1956

FM 21-76-1 - covers some of how to use this survival kit.
What's needed is the FM that was used around 1956, if you know what it was - Let me know

Survival Equipment
IR Beacons

SDU-5/E Marker Distress Light
SDU30 SDU-30 Light Marker Distress
PRC-90 Survival Radio
PRC-112 Survival Radio
URC-68 Survival Radio
RT-10  ACR-B/2 URC-10 Survival Radio
USAF M6 Survival Rifle/Shotgun (Wiki) WANTED - Let me know