Jacket, Military
- Object Name:
- Jacket, Military
- Object ID:
- 2015.023.02
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Description:
- Uniform jacket, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II. Worn by Hibbert V. Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. With Master Sergeant's chevrons and USAAF insignia. Standard "winter" dress jacket, in olive drab shade 33. Heavy fabric, four front pockets. Each pocket flap secured by brass button, 0.6" diameter. Two others secure shoulder tabs. Four larger buttons down front, 0.9" diameter. Several patches and pins, detailed below.
Left lapel: USAAF enlisted pin
Right lapel: US armed forces pin
Right breast: Honorable Discharge Insignia
Left sleeve: 20th Air Force patch; Master Sergeant rank patch; Service Stripes; Longevity Stripe
Right sleeve: Master Sergent rank patch; Meritorious Unit Commendation patch - Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-33 W-17 inches
- Provenance:
- Worn by Master Sergeant Hibbert Vaughn Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942. He was an Administrative Specialist serving at several air bases in the U.S., then, in 1944, in the China-Burma-India theater and in the Marianas Islands. He received an honorable discharge in 1945. He operated a service station in Milford, NH, before and after the war.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the family of Hibbert Vaughn Miles
- People:
- Miles, Hibbert V. (1915-2001)
- Subjects:
- World War II, Air forces
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