Original U.S. WWII Service Worn M1942 Paratrooper Jump Jacket without Reinforcements - Marked With Multiple Laundry Numbers Accessories Overall length increased to 61

Overall length increased to 61 inches and weight increased to 15

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and its manufacture was too time-consuming to be built in the numbers required for the ever-expanding German armed forces

and other objectives in Sicily and Italy after the fall of Tunisia in May 1943

Original U.S. WWII Service Worn M1942 Paratrooper Jump Jacket without Reinforcements - Marked With Multiple Laundry Numbers Accessories Overall length increased to 61Original Item: Only One Available. This Original M1942 Airborne Jump jacket in Olive Drab #3 offered in good, used condition. The coat consists of four front patch pockets with two button snaps on each top flap, with 2 rows on the pockets, to secure different sized items. The jacket also does have the dual zippered knife pocket located on the upper lapel which was designed to contain a switchblade pocketknife, used to cut the parachute rigging if