VIET-NAM JACKET / CAM-RANH Colour:110 SAXE Goodyear Welt

Goodyear Welt

deployment

attached to the neck hook of the TYPE A-2 or on a necklace

both pieces belonging to the wartime movement into cotton HBT utility uniforms

VIET-NAM JACKET / CAM-RANH Colour:110 SAXE Goodyear WeltThe Souvenir jacket, or 'sukajan,' was first embroidered by the Japanese for American soldiers during the occupation and was initially sold in street stalls and later at the Post Exchanges of military bases. The Yokosuka Navy Yard, from where the Sukajan name is derived, was one of the main arsenals of the Imperial Japanese Navy leading up to World War II. After the war, the base came to be occupied by US forces. Early Sukajan jackets were typically