Women's US Army Service jacket worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Green US Army Nurse's dress uniform jacket and insignia pins worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown. The single-breasted long sleeve jacket (a) is made from olive green polyester. It closes at the center front with four (4) gold metal buttons. A diagonal inset pocket is at each front side waist. There is a dark green band near the cuff of each sleeve. The jacket has a round collar and a shoulder strap on each shoulder that closes with a single gold metal button near the collar. The jacket is lined in green polyester and there are no interior pockets. Two (2) silver five-pointed stars (b,c) are pinned to the jacket, one on each of the shoulder straps. A pin comprised of seven (7) service medal ribbons (d), one with a bronze oak leaf, is attached to the jacket at the proper left front breast. A "U.S.

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