#20 Old silk stockings collected by the WVS are used by airmen under their own socks as a additional means of keeping warm, and are also used to keep bandages clean. 25 September 1941.

During WWII Women Painted Their Legs to Mimic Stockings Due to Shortage Of Nylon

#20 Old silk stockings collected by the WVS are used by airmen under their own socks as a additional means of keeping warm, and are also used to keep bandages clean. 25 September 1941.

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