Women's US Army Service uniform worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Military dress uniform comprised of a jacket with service ribbons and insignia (.1a-f), a skirt (.2), a blouse with insignia (.3a-d), a beret with insignia (.4ab), and a hat with insignia (.5abc). The uniform was worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, the first African American woman to achieve that rank and the first African American to serve as Chief of the Army Nurse Corps.

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