Quote Originally Posted by rongoms View Post
A mate who served in Rhodesia a couple decades ago as a "private contractor" tells me that they frequently wore them on jungle excursions. They would take them and dunk them in a water barrel for 15 minutes or so.....let them drop off the excess water....and they'd wear them ou....soaking wet. they'd stay comfy all day.
That is exactly what those of us lucky enough to have a pith helmet did when I was stationed in Southeast Asia many years ago. The "sun helmet" was an optional part of the 505s (khaki) uniform. However the soaking trick had no effect when the humidity was already 100%.

Oh, and