bravo_2_zero Posted June 9, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 9, 2020 I ordered this jacket via ebay on face value of the photo's and being a tropical jacket like the rest you come across. This jacket however seems to be a sample/test/transitional to the trained eye. The jacket was issued 1966 1, High Gloss buttons 2, type 2 tag layout 3, tags refer to gas flap , waist tabs but non present or ever fitted 4, the cloth is VERY thin and see through. I have an exposed button type 1 and this is incredibly lightweight at the side of the type 1 5, this is not a modified is any way, nobody has picked off the rank slides and other items listed not the tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FT.Monmouth1943 Posted June 9, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 9, 2020 To me it looks like an early 3rd pattern poplin jacket. Yours looks pretty used which would explain why the poplin feels so thin. I have a similar one lying around somewhere. I’ll take a look at it soon to compare. - Jakob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted June 9, 2020 Share #3 Posted June 9, 2020 What he said OwenSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted June 10, 2020 18 hours ago, FT.Monmouth1943 said: To me it looks like an early 3rd pattern poplin jacket. Yours looks pretty used which would explain why the poplin feels so thin. I have a similar one lying around somewhere. I’ll take a look at it soon to compare. - Jakob To be fair the photo that shows the full jacket is from the sale , the photo makes it appear to look worn out. The photos I've taken of the close details are more true to what it's like in real life. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 12, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 12, 2020 And here he is. He gets out of the Service sometime in 1968. No photo of him unfortunately https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/magazine/in_memory/1960/putnambreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 2:49 PM, patches said: And here he is. He gets out of the Service sometime in 1968. No photo of him unfortunately https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/magazine/in_memory/1960/putnambreed Cheers I found this on the website https://15thmedbnassociation.org/Photos/15th-Med-Bn-Photos5.aspx The guy without the guitar is named as PUD , same time frame could be same fella Putnam and Pud pretty close for a nick name. Theres also a photo I won't post of him in his mature years in custardy prior to his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted June 15, 2020 he's also in this photo Quote Halliday, Tabor, Trifiro, MG Putnam, Norris, Kramer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted June 15, 2020 Another photo with Putnam in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 16, 2020 Share #9 Posted June 16, 2020 5 hours ago, bravo_2_zero said: he's also in this photo Great photos, but No Dice, for one these photos are from 1970. The Kid is not Dr Putnam, and the Putnam in the other two photos will be Major General George W. Putnam Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division starting in July 1970 😊. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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