VIET-NAM JACKET / SAIGON Ashtray on both the front placket

on both the front placket and cuff

where the contrasting colorways allowed personnel to be rapidly organized into opposing teams during physical training and organized games

COMBAT provided the basis for many civilian jackets designed through the 50s and 60s

achieving a balance of productivity and durability

light-weight Flight Jacket in the form of the L-2

VIET-NAM JACKET / SAIGON Ashtray on both the front placketThe Souvenir Jacket, or sukajan, was first embroidered by the Japanese for American soldiers during the occupation and was initially sold in street stalls before later appearing at Post Exchanges on military bases. The Yokosuka Navy Yard, from which the name sukajan is derived, was one of the main arsenals of the Imperial Japanese Navy leading up to the Second World War. After the war, the base was occupied by US forces, and the surrounding area