Battle Dress Uniform jacket worn by General Colin L. Powell

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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.

A U.S. Army Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) jacket worn by General Colin L. Powell. This long sleeve camouflage BDU jacket is a boxy construction of a cotton and nylon blend and closes at the center front with at least four (4) hidden olive green plastic buttons. There are two (2) square breast pockets, one at each front side, with flat-edged flaps. The flaps are tacked down with two (2) plastic hidden buttons. There are two (2) front waist pockets, one at each front side. Each pocket has a flat-edged flap tacked down by two (2) hidden plastic buttons. The sleeves are full-length straight cut with one (1) green plastic button tacked to a pull tab on each of the front hems, and two (2) green plastic buttons attached on the backside of each outer hem. A green “RANGER” patch is attached at the proper left sleeve just below the shoulder seam.

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