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US Coast Guard fatigue uniform pants worn by Lieutenant Merle J. Smith Jr.

1969

Viet Nam, Asia

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Source catalog description

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

A pair of green fatigue pants worn by United States Coast Guard Lt. Merle J. Smith, Jr. The pants have two pockets in front as well as two pockets on the either side of the pant legs and two rear pockets. They close with a button and zipper in front. The rear has two pockets. The waistband has cinching waist adjustments at the sides. The bottom of the pant legs are tapered with drawstrings.

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Catalog reference: 2014.32.3.2

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