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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
mostly why the uniform has that funny flap on the back (because in the old days when sailors had long hair they used grease to keep it from flying around - the flap was a separate leather piece that kept the grease off the clothes) and why they wear that silly kerchief (because the leather flap tied around your neck, stupid!). .
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That was not known to me. Thanks for sharing...way cool! Marines, I'm told, are known as leathernecks because when cutlasses were the weapon of choice, a band of leather was used to keep ones head, at least by the Marines..
PS SoCal is also dry. But admitedly closer to open ocean.