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Object Name:
Pants
Object ID:
2015.023.06
Date:
1942-1945
Description:
Uniform trousers, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II. Worn by Hibbert V. Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. Olive drab dress uniform trousers. Four pockets, two side, two back. Back pockets and front of trousers secured by olive drab plastic buttons, one each on pockets, five on front, and a silver tab on a covering flap. Three waist band straps, one each side and center back, secured by same type buttons.
Material:
Textile
Dimensions:
W-15.5 L-41.6 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
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