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The designation came from the U.S. Army's coloring code "Olive Green 107", which was the shade of dark green used on the original cotton version of the uniform. The OG-107 was superseded by the Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) throughout the 1980s, and was also used by several other countries, including ones that received military aid from the United ...
Uniforms for the War of 1812 were made in Philadelphia.. The design of early army uniforms was influenced by both British and French traditions. One of the first Army-wide regulations, adopted in 1789, prescribed blue coats with colored facings to identify a unit's region of origin: New England units wore white facings, southern units wore blue facings, and units from Mid-Atlantic states wore ...
In April the olive drab chevrons were prescribed for the medical white uniform. [ 40 ] On May 7, 1918, the army issued Change No. 4 to Special Regulation 42 (Uniform Specifications).
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) adopted the green-dominant version as standard issue in South Vietnam in 1968, and later the U.S. Army introduced it on a wide scale in Southeast Asia. The ERDL-pattern combat uniform was identical in cut to the OG-107 Tropical Combat uniform, commonly called "jungle fatigues", it was issued alongside. [ 7 ]
Various shades were used on United States Army uniforms in World War II. The shade used for enlisted soldier's uniforms at the beginning of the war was officially called Olive Drab #33 (OD33), while officer's uniforms used the much darker Olive Drab #51 (OD51). Field equipment was in Olive Drab #3 (OD3), a very light, almost khaki shade.
Examples of different US combat uniforms. From left to right are Army Combat Uniform in Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP), Desert Battle Dress Uniform, Battle Dress Uniform and ERDL pattern. The United States Armed Forces have adopted a variety of combat uniforms throughout their history, including the plain olive green OG-107. In the 1980s ...
Army Vietnam veteran Tommy Trott salutes after placing a wreath at the Vietnam monument on the Hyannis Village Green as part a Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2023.
The enlisted men's winter service uniform in 1941 consisted of a wool serge four-button coat with four pockets in olive drab shade no. 33 (OD 33), wool trousers, and a long-sleeved wool shirt, both in olive drab shade 32 (OD 32). A russet brown leather belt with a brass buckle was worn with the coat until 1941, when it ceased being standard ...