Only America Could Have Designed the Field Jacket

When the M-1943 field jacket was introduced at the height of World War II, it was a revolutionary garment. The jacket was the result of rigorous testing, input from an astonishingly diverse group of experts, and was produced by the most advanced textile and garment industry in the world at the time. But the essence of the M-1943 field jacket, and what made it so unique, was the very simple question it was trying to answer: “What does the soldier want?”The success of the field jacket highlights how a diversity of thought, a mastery of logistics, and a concern for The post Only Ameri