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WW2 USN PILOT LIFE SAVING VEST ‘MAE WEST’. Belonging to ENSIGN MARV POTTHOFF. From ST CLOUD MN.  DATED 11/24/1944.  The USAAF Pneumatic Life Vest – affectionately dubbed the “MaeWest” vest (after the amply endowed film star) – was a pneumatic life vest that saved the lives of thousands of pilots during WWII. The yellow rubber vest inflated using CO2 or with a back-up manual inflation tube.

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