Vietnam Mitchell Pattern Camouflage M-65 Army Jacket

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Vietnam Mitchell Pattern Camouflage M-65 Army Jacket

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[shawnmt6601]

nice.

 

I have always wanted one of those

[63 RECON]

That is cool, same fabric as teh helmet covers?

 

I dare say this was a relatively short lived issue item?

[earlymb]

It was never issued but made for the civilian market I believe.

[sgtdorango]

Very cool camo jacket.......mike

[vintageproductions]

These were issued and tested on Okinawa only.

[Klaxon]

The label says M-65 Army Jacket. Does that mean it was only intended for the Army and trailed by them? Sounds very unmilitary as far as nomenclature goes. Anyone have any pics of these being worn?

Cheers,

Matt

[mrrm]

Civilian or military, either way that is an very interesting field jacket. Very nice find.

[Andrei]

I had one when I was a kid. Bought at the flea market.

[kammo-man]

Fashion jacket.

[Spike]

I'd like to get one.

[kammo-man]

You can buy a good repo on eBay

The cloth is less like a tent and more user friendly

[American Graffiti]

It seems Okinawa was the testing ground for experimental clothing for SE Asia i.e.. Vietnam. Any sea who was doing this on Okinawa?

Local contractors with Govt. contracts?

It's an interesting area for sure.

Like you say Owen these are repro'd now, and probably more wearable than the originals.

AG

[Spike]

I haven't seen any on there in awhile.

[kammo-man]

I seen A 70s anti war time - life picture of a hippy wearing one once.

Looks like it was taken in Washington.

I haven't seen the pic in ages and did not save it.

From what I remember he had long hair and a beard.

Pic was in color.

I have never seen a pic of one being worn by a US guy.l

I own a pic of an ARVN wearing one but it's for sure a custom made tiny sized one madd from shelter half.

These jackets are cool but not issue in any way.

I have Also seen the John Owenbury label in them.

 

Hipster cool and a manufacturer making a buck on the lack of a Cammo field jacket

[vintageproductions]

Owen, I will argue with you on that one. You were with me at Bellflower when I bought the one that was badged out to the Infantry School instructor, and I bought it from him off of his table.

 

He said he picked up in a trade from another GI, and enjoyed wearing it in the field as it made him stand out as an instructor.

[Spike]

[vintageproductions]

That's a great photo

[Spike]

I should have bought that nice one you had years ago Bob.

[kammo-man]

Thats the picture 100%.

Its been a while.

I swore he had long hair.

Great image.

Thanks Spike for finding and posting it.

 

Bob ,

I said it was an stopgap camouflage field jacket that is privately acquired and why not badge up and wear till you told not to.

Perfectly logical.

 

Whats NOT logical to the typical US marked garments of the mid 1960s is the labeling white M-65 label.

These labels follow various information which is missing on the Mich.

Its probable a factory got this wrong.......

The J_O factory ones I have seen also made look-a-like regular M-65s for the civilian market........as well as GOVT contract.

Money is money and product is product.

OK I get it that some were Okinawian made but some were also US made lets not forget that...................

 

Lets have some fun and work it out.........for fun.

 

Could have been a CISO small run jacket using new bolts of the cloth ?

You never know............

Ben Baker style.!!!!!

 

OR

Could have been a USMC experimenal field jacket that was made en mass for testing the benefit of the garment.

This test may have been either carried out or suspended and garments shelved thus logical for the lack of official Test paperwork trail ?

 

OR

As a result of USMC changing over from Mich tent halves to rubber ponchos just in time for the Vietnam was there suddenly was a surplus Mich tent fabric en mass.

In garmento terms Dead Stock cloth.

Dead money to Mr Big who likes money and buying imported wine from the best vineyards in France not to mention the all night partys at the Playboy Mansion with Mr HH.

Mr Big Makie make,...makie .......M65Mich.......

Money comes in.

People happy in their cammie.

 

Food for thought...........

 

Garment cuts.........cammo patterns.......cloth stuff........

 

Mich on M-65 is the Tent fabric.

This cloth is printed double sided printed with a green leaf pattern and the "Southern Comfort" patten on the shy not so cool cousin BUT equally important.

Ever seen a jacket in the B side ?

Be cool...........RIGHT.......!!!!!

 

Mich and Southern Comfort was also printed on helmet cover fabric.

This came in 2 types.

 

More suited to garment manufacture was the 100% cotton similar to OG107......

I love finding dirty helmet covers in this print and cloth.

It ages nice and has the "I HAVE BEEN THERE" look.

I have never seen a garment cut from this cloth in 30 years.

That being said ......NEVER SAY NEVER.

 

Thiner than the tent cloth was the waterproof cloth lightweight cloth.

Never seen anything made from this cloth......

 

ok kiddies heres a game to play.......

 

Pick one of the above............

Mix them and create your own puzzle pieces......shake it all up..and boom.....!!!!!

You just wasted 2 minutes of your time reading this nonsense..........THANKFULLY.......the Mich is cool enough to dig into.

Simply coz its cool.

 

oWen.

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I just hope to find another one at the Gettin' Place where I found this jacket. Ed

[Klaxon]

Great pic Spike. Combat medic to boot. Docs got a nice tiger boonie on as well.

Cheers,

Matt

[Martinjmpr]

Wow, I never even heard of this. Was this USMC only?

 

I'd often thought it was odd that the Mitchell pattern camo helmet cover was so common but I never saw any other piece of gear with that camo pattern.