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Object Name
Military Jacket
Object Number
1973-27-3
Description
Olive brown canvas jacket with stand up collar. Four patch pockets, epaulets on shoulders, and brass buttons. One lapel pin with propeller on wings removed from jacket. This jacket indicates that it was worn by an enlisted staff sergeant.
Provenance
This jacket belonged to Sgt. John L. Bourquin of South Lake St., Litchfield, CT.
Comment
Owner likely served in either the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps (prior to 1918) or the United States Army Air Service (after 1918) during World War I
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