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Postby wagionvigil » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:48 am

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US Army Survival manual
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Postby Billiken » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:15 am

I bought a copy of the US Army Survival Manual at a second-hand bookstore. I take it on all campouts.

One day at summer camp this past year it rained all afternoon.
One of the boys saw the book and asked if he could look at it.

A couple of others got on either side of him and the three looked through the book for over an hour.

They were so interested it was as if one of them was holding a GameBoy.
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Postby Lynda J » Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:43 pm

I have a "Book Box" that goes on every camping trip with us. It if full of things just like this. Books relating to out of doors. Field books on bugs, trees, plants, snakes, etc. There isn't a caming trip we go on that the boys don't get is out.
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Postby wagionvigil » Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:58 pm

Both of these have excellent cold weather information
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Re: Resources

Postby 616kayak » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:48 pm

you can read just about any army FM online. Survival is the FM 21-76. Just google it and you should see a PDF.
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