US Army 1967 ERDL "Non-Rip" Poplin Jungle Pants Worn on the backs of

Worn on the backs of everyone from Che Guevara to the 59 Club

Founded in 1871 in Wappingers Falls - only an hour from my new house and a town I've been through many times - Sweet-Orr actually pre-dated Levis by a few years

I believe this beauty of a cap would have been made in Japan in the late 60s to early 70s for an officer serving with Comphibron 7

This is the much rarer US Navy version

Outside leg 42"

US Army 1967 ERDL "Non-Rip" Poplin Jungle Pants Worn on the backs ofIntroduced into service inn 1967 this was an early iteration of the ERDL pattern camouflage that would become the standard US camo pattern of the second half on Vietnam and on into the 1970s. This featured the 'green dominant' pattern (note the colour contrast against the brown dominant background) that wasn't wholly suited to use in Vietnam, with the bright green standing out against the brown tinged grasslands. These were soon replaced in service by