Odd Military Facts....

[HorseSoldier]

During the Vietnam War, soldiers serving in the central highlands found the weather pretty chilly (40-50 degrees Farenheit). Troops sometimes found themselves in the field or remote outpsots without their normal sleeping gear. The more hardened types would improvise a sleeping bag out of the "Pouch, Human Remains", better known as a body bag. Those who used the body bag reported to it was reasonably cozy.

There was some drama and minor scandal about guys doing the same thing in the lead up to the ground war in '91, after some news stories about it made it into print.