US Army Combat Jacket : Sergeant C E Morris, US Army

United States Army issue tropical combat jacket with a concealed button closure. The jungle green cotton jacket has four expanding patch pockets with buttoned flap closures. The breast pockets are angled diagonally outwards at the bottom and each top flap has a gap in its seam to access a small internal pocket. Above the left breast pocket is a black patch embroidered in yellow with 'U.S.ARMY'. Above the right breast pocket are the remains of stitching and glue where another patch had previously been attached. At the top of the left sleeve is a circular patch with an arrow, and sewn on both sleeves is a sergeant’s rank patch. The shoulder straps have been removed from the jacket. A label sewn below the collar reads ‘REGULAR LARGE Chest: From 41 and Upward Height: From 67 to 71 Inches 8405-082/5572'. Printed on an instruction label sewn to the inside of the jacket is 'COAT, MAN'S, COMBAT, TROPICAL'.

Combat jacket worn by US Army Sergeant Charles E Morris, who gave it to his Australian colleague 43255 Sergeant Brian Harold Stanley Mayfield. Born on 3 May 1940, Mayfield served in the RAAF with Headquarters Australian Forces Vietnam in Saigon between December 1967 and December 1968. His duties were as Orderly Room Sergeant, and Secretary to the Commander RAAF Vietnam (COMRAAFV). Mayfield was also involved in the defence of the 'Free World' Building during the North Vietnamese Tet and May Offensives of 1968.