before the US entered the first world war, our experience in the Phillipenes with the Moro tribes had already convinced some that soft caps were not ideal headwear for combat. The Brits trench experiences in 1915 underscored that modern wars demanded better headgear to stop "wastage" .(A horrific ephemism for casualties incurred outside an attack).
for all supersized fat folk, a painless, non surgical, working cure for flabitis, one that doesn't hurt and damage like exercise, nor give the body the fatigue and ill feeling of dieting...might be real some day.
