Need Help With A U.S. Uniform~~

cirelaw · 05-19-2013, 02:29 PM

Years ago I purchased a whole collection of uniforms. In unpacking I came across this beauty. Can anyone tell me about it! There is a 'NATO' mark on the label ~~~~ Eric

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 03:06 PM

Camos, Ripstop, BDU, post Vietnam era. 1st Lt, Infantry, Master Parachutist, Pathfinder. Don't see any unit patches. I would say, mid to late 70s issue. I was still wearing this style issue when I retired in 85.

cirelaw · 05-19-2013, 03:24 PM

Truly amazing!! Just one more if you don't mind. If I have one from your past It would be an honor to sent it to you, Just send a message!~~~~Eric

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 03:37 PM

Marine Corps, corporal, one service stripe, I think it's for every four year enlistment for the Corps, Army, it is for every three years.

Sorry, all I have left is my Dress Blues that I still wear on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. My Class A Greens are in a dutchman's collection in Holland. He collected everything 101st and 82nd from vets and his metal detector. His basement is filled with battlefield artifactes from Market Garden to the Bulge that he has restored. As for wearing BDUs today....been there, done that...thanks anyway.

If you have a early Vietnam green jungle fatigue jacket, you do have a collectors piece.

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 03:41 PM

Do you see any unit patch outline on the Lt's jacket?

cirelaw · 05-19-2013, 03:48 PM

I don't see a unit patch. I must take some time to sort through these. I think I found a dress blue. I post! TKS

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

TKS I think all is late 70s but I could be wrong. If you send your email in private messages I have photograph each and you can chose yourself! Or if you can post or or email a sample! an Honor! ~~Eric

Thanks Eric, I gave away all my BDUs to me brother in law when I retired, he did alot of deer hunting. I really have no need of anymore, thanks anyway.

If by chance you have a green slant top pockets jungle fatigue jacket and the top pocket flaps button through to the outside, you have a few hundred dollars to collectors. Put it on EBAY.

cirelaw · 05-19-2013, 04:13 PM

This is unique!!

cirelaw · 05-19-2013, 04:17 PM

A Dress Blue I believe!

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

This is unique!!

Flight suit, major, look like army issue. Could you post the shoulder patch please?

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

A Dress Blue I believe!

Jacket, US Army Dress Blue, aviation branch.

cirelaw · 05-19-2013, 04:41 PM

Flight Suit

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

Flight Suit

USAAF or AAF existed from 20 June 1941 – 17 September 1947. Nice peace..................leather helmets and Mic and goggles can still be had.

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 04:54 PM

I would also say it was the pacific theater that this was probably worn in, Pacific or Med.... my guess.

cirelaw · 05-19-2013, 04:59 PM

You need to write a book. Here is an original Eric Sloan Grumman F4-f Hellcat Helped win the battle of Midway!

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

You need to write a book. Here is an Eric Sloan Grumman F4-f Hellcat Helped win the battle of Midway!

Thanks but...no time, too many lady friends.

Eric, that print is of a Wildcat and not a Hellcat.

cirelaw · 05-19-2013, 05:41 PM

I'm sure they bring back many fond memories. As for the watecolor, I always mix them up! Tks for you much welcomed help!!!~~~Eric

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by postino

I left one of those on the Pennsylvania Turnpike back on Dec 14, 1971...The 1st Sgt of Casual Co US Naval Base Philadelphia (or something like that) made me get a haircut before he would issue me my pink ID card, and that put me behind on the 8 1/2 hour drive home to Niagara Falls in my Austin-Healey. I didn't want to stop so I changed into jeans & a T-shirt while on the road @ 70+mph...The jacket & trousers went out the window, probably the pisscutter too...(I also got a parking ticket for parking in the middle lane outside the Recruiting Station on Broad St, where the 1st Sgt had his office)...

I used to wear a size 34/35 jacket back then (tailored of course)...Now I can barely squeeze into a size 48...

(Strangely enough, my 15 year old Air Force uniforms [blues & BDUs] still fit...)

There is always an arsehole somewhere to make life a ball of crap.

I retired on April Fools Day....how ironic that sometimes is was a joke.

NoncomRetired · 05-19-2013, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

I'm sure they bring back many fond memories. As for the watecolor, I always mix them up! Tks for you much welcomed help!!!~~~Eric

That can happen, I always look at the landing gear position first and then I know what is what between a Hellcat and a Wildcat.

Edward Tinker · 05-19-2013, 06:44 PM

Not to disagree, but these BDUs were summer weight, notice the straight on pockets, not jungle fatigues.

1981 we started to get winter weights a yr or so later these.

I wore these until I retired in 2000 (1980-2000, active army. Multiple locations)

Ed

05-19-2013, 02:29 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Need Help With A U.S. Uniform~~ Years ago I purchased a whole collection of uniforms. In unpacking I came across this beauty. Can anyone tell me about it! There is a 'NATO' mark on the label ~~~~ Eric Attached Thumbnails

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Truly amazing!! Just one more if you don't mind. If I have one from your past It would be an honor to sent it to you, Just send a message!~~~~Eric Attached Thumbnails

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Thank You For Your Kindness and Opinion! This is unique!! Attached Thumbnails

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	A Dress Blue I believe! Attached Thumbnails

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Flight Suit Attached Thumbnails

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NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	Camos, Ripstop, BDU, post Vietnam era. 1st Lt, Infantry, Master Parachutist, Pathfinder. Don't see any unit patches. I would say, mid to late 70s issue. I was still wearing this style issue when I retired in 85.

05-19-2013, 03:37 PM	#4
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	Marine Corps, corporal, one service stripe, I think it's for every four year enlistment for the Corps, Army, it is for every three years. Sorry, all I have left is my Dress Blues that I still wear on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. My Class A Greens are in a dutchman's collection in Holland. He collected everything 101st and 82nd from vets and his metal detector. His basement is filled with battlefield artifactes from Market Garden to the Bulge that he has restored. As for wearing BDUs today....been there, done that...thanks anyway. If you have a early Vietnam green jungle fatigue jacket, you do have a collectors piece.

05-19-2013, 03:41 PM	#5
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	Do you see any unit patch outline on the Lt's jacket?

05-19-2013, 03:48 PM	#6
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I don't see a unit patch. I must take some time to sort through these. I think I found a dress blue. I post! TKS

05-19-2013, 04:54 PM	#14
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	I would also say it was the pacific theater that this was probably worn in, Pacific or Med.... my guess.

05-19-2013, 04:59 PM	#15
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	You need to write a book. Here is an original Eric Sloan Grumman F4-f Hellcat Helped win the battle of Midway! Attached Thumbnails

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I'm sure they bring back many fond memories. As for the watecolor, I always mix them up! Tks for you much welcomed help!!!~~~Eric

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	Not to disagree, but these BDUs were summer weight, notice the straight on pockets, not jungle fatigues. 1981 we started to get winter weights a yr or so later these. I wore these until I retired in 2000 (1980-2000, active army. Multiple locations) Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV