Bag, Field, M-1936, Fred Schubert, 'Kiss and Tell', U.S.O. Unit 415, MTO

Genuine WWII US M1936 field bag, OD 7 canvas, intended for carrying personal belongings.

Manufactured by The Standard Garment Co. in 1944.

Very good overall condition; the following markings are visible on the flap:

Fred Schubert
Kiss and Tell
U.S.O. Unit 415

The leaflet of a show offered by the United Service Organizations Camp Shows in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, a 1943 play by F. Hugh Herbert, Kiss and Tell, comes along with the present musette.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_and_Tell_(play)

Fred Schubert, the young American actor to whom the musette belonged, was Raymond Pringle in the above-mentioned play.

President Roosevelt had initiated the creation of the USO before the country formally entered the conflict; merging the Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA and other associations, its main mission consisted in providing recreation for servicemen and their families.