WWII USMC 3-Wing FOLDING RATION STOVE (“NOm-38075 / M3 -1943″). + Stamped on one of the three steel “wings” is the USMC contract data and the initials of the J. And the year 1943. + This is stamped with both the initials of the U. Marine Corps and the USMC-specfic Contract prefix, “NOm” which is the abbreviation for “Number, Marine”. + This simple, innovative model has been found dated both “1942” and 1943. + This unit would have been available to USMC personnel involved in any of the Pacific campaigns following Guadalcanal: Bougainville Nov. 1, 1943 – January 1944, Cape Gloucester (December 1943 – April 19)4, Rabaul (December 1943 – August 1944), the Marshall Islands (January 1944 – March 1944), 44Saipan (June – July 1944), Tinian (July – August 1944), Guam (July – August 1944), Peleliu (September – October 1944), Iwo Jima (February – March 1945), Okinawa (April – June 1945). + Dimensions: Folded (3″ x 1 7/8″) Opened (5″ x 1 7/8″). + When opened in tripod position it can accommodate a can 3″ in diameter (such as a C RATION can), a canteen cup, or a much larger pot or pan balanced on top of the “wings. Folded it’s small enough to fit easily into a Marine’s HBT jacket pocket. Speaker Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Was founded in 1935 by John W. Early products included tire repair equipment and kits, radiator fronts, car and truck mirrors, and automotive lighting. In the early 1940’s. Miniature portable stove and the. “P38″ GI can opener. Both of which were widely used during World War II and for several decades thereafter by the U.
