My wife's grandfather served as an aircraft mechanic in the Army air corps during WWII mainly in Africa and retired from the Air Force somewhere between Korea and Vietnam. When he retired he packed his dress uniform in a suitcase. Upon his death her mother gained "custody" of the case and after graduating college my wife got hold of it. My son joined ROTC this year and my wife thought he might be interested in seeing it and maybe showing it to his class so she got out the case. Until that day she never knew his fatigues were also in the suitcase. She didn't really hold any sentemental value in the fatigues just the dress uniform. She ended up giving the top to my son who wears it(proudly displaying his great grandfathers rank and name patches)as a jacket. Surprisingly she gave me the bottoms. Let me tell you, these things are in pristine condition, are comfortable as heck and seem pretty bombproof. They are a bit small in the waist but I can get them buttoned and they are relatively comfy. These pants have a good 15 years at least on me and are just as good now as then. I love 'em. Just wanted to share.
Grizz
Grizz
