Punitive Expedition Display, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois Wyoming
This is a smaller display, adjacent to the larger World War One display.
The first displayed item is the typical field uniform worn by soldiers in the Border War. This sweater pattern is unique to the period, the M1910 sweater. The campaign hat is the long serving M1911 campaign hat. Some National Guard units that served on the border were not yet equipped with it. The saber is the M1913 "Patton" Saber, which was designed, based on a British pattern, by George S. Patton. For the most part, enlisted men were not allowed to carry their sabers into Mexico, following a tread that had started during the Indian Wars.
The car is a Dodge touring car, perhaps most famously associated with a raid conducted by Patton. Automobile use was heavy during the Punitive Expedition in spite of it being largely a horse cavalry effort. Indeed, the Army's 1st Provisional Aero Squadron was committed to the effort largely due it being the only U.S. Army unit that was completely motorized.
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