A line officer showed rank devices on both collar points, while a staff officer had the corps device on the left one. An officer’s rank was indicated in both white and khaki dress by means of miniature pin-on collar devices. Enlisted men wore black shoes with both white and khaki dress. Officers, however, were permitted to wear tan shoes with khakis. Officers and chiefs wore white shoes with the white tropical uniform and black with the khakis. Under the original instructions, no device was worn on the helmets by officers or chiefs, but in 1943, officers were directed to wear miniature cap devices. All personnel could wear white or khaki helmets in lieu of caps or enlisted men’s white hats. Enlisted men, other than chiefs, wore shorts and white undershirts. The head piece was the standard cap, worn with white or khaki cover, to match the uniform. Shirts and shorts were either white or khaki. The basic tropical uniform for officers and chief petty officers consisted of shorts and short-sleeved, roll collar shirts. The Navy’s world-wide activities prior to the entrance of the United States into World War II, many of which were in tropical and semi-tropical climates, indicated that some form of clothing, other than the white service dress of earlier instructions, was necessary. The 1941 Navy Uniforms in addition to a section on working uniforms, provided for tropical dress.
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