WWII M1944 Spec 472 Officers Wool Field Jacket; 7th Regiment, U.S. Cavalry Corps

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WWII M1944 Offiecers Wool Field Jacket, OD “Eisenhower Jacket”
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2nd Squadron, 7th Regiment, U.S. Cavalry Corps.
For your consideration is this M1944 Officers Wool Field Jacket, OD
Tag information:
JACKET, FIELD, WOOL, OD, OFFICER
MANFR. No 3978
Pattern Date: 3/5/45
Purchase Order: 27018
April 23, 1945
Spec. P.Q.D. No. 472
Date: Oct 28, 1944
Stock No. 55-J-386-35 (Size 36R)
Phila. Quartermaster Depot
This is a M1944 Spec 472 Officers Wool Field Coat dated April 23, 1945. This was issued a month before the modified Spec 472A Officers Wool Field Coat was Issued. This coat has the Rayon lining with Officers Tag.
This lot includes:
2- US Collar devices (clutch back
2- Infantry collar devices (clutch back)
1- infantry shoulder cord
2- green felt tabs with
2- 7th Cavalry Regimental Distinctive Unit Identifications
1- Presidential Unit Citation with oak leaf
1- Good Conduct Ribbon
1- Pacific Campaign Ribbon w/ star
1- Occupation Ribbon
1- Weapons Qualification “Marksman”
• Rifle Bar
• Pistol Bar
1- Weapons Qualification “Sharpshooter”
• Machine-Gun Bar
1- Combat Infantryman Badge (Sterling Silver)
This is a very nice original piece. This uniform is identified, and Cavalrymen uniforms are highly sought after. During WW2, part of the 7th Cavalry was designated infantry and the other was designated cavalry. It wasn’t until Korea that the 7th was fully designated infantry but still called cavalry.
HISTORY OF 2nd Squadron, 7th Regiment, U.S. Cavalry
The mission of the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, "Ghosts," is to, on order, 2-7 CAV deploy to a designated contingency area of operations, conduct reception, staging, onward movement, and integration. It would then, on order, conduct combat operations and redeploy upon mission accomplishment.
The 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment was first constituted on 28 July 1866 as Company B, 7th Cavalry and was officially organized as an active army unit on 10 September 1866 at Fort Riley, Kansas. The unit fought with distinction during the 1870s and 1880s in numerous, hard fought campaigns against the American Indians. These campaigns included: Comanches, Little Big Horn, Nez Perces, Pine Ridge, Montana 1873, and Dakota 1874. Cavalry companies across the US Army were officially designated as troops in 1883. As a result, Company B, 7th Cavalry became Troop B, 7th Cavalry.
From the period 1892-1917, the 7th Cavalry as a whole fought in Cuba, the Philippines, and in Mexico. In September of 1917, the 7th Cavalry participated in the last true "Cavalry Charge" during the battle of Guerrero.
The unit fought during the Mexican Expedition from 1916-1917. In December 1917, it was reassigned to the 15th Cavalry Division and released from this assignment in May 1918. On 13 September 1921, the 7th Cavalry as a whole was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. From 1918-1943, the Regiment was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, where it patrolled the Mexican border. During this period the unit also, participated in numerous exercises which helped prepare for World War II.
In February 1943, the Regiment turned in its horses and began retraining as foot soldiers for action in the Pacific Theater. Having moved to Australia in July 1943, the 7th Cavalry conducted extensive amphibious and jungle training. Through June 1945, the troopers of the Garryowen saw heavy fighting from the Admiralties to Luzon, earning its first Presidential Unit Citation. On 2 September 1945, the 7th Cavalry landed on the Japanese Mainland with General MacArthur. As part of the 7th Cavalry, the unit fought with distinction during World War II, earning a Presidential Unit Citation, 2 French Croix de Guerres and a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. Campaign participation credits included: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Leyte, and Luzon. A later consolidation led to the following World War II campaigns to be added to the unit's lineage and honors: Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisa, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe.
After World War II, the unit was assigned as part of the Occupation Forces of Japan and stayed there until the start of the Korean War. In 1949, Troop C, 7th Cavalry was reorganized and redesignated as Company C, 7th Cavalry, having already been reorganized fully as infantry in 1945. The 7th Cavalry was one of the first units to arrive in Korea and was immediately thrown into the fray. Heavy casualties were suffered in each battle, but the unit somehow stayed together and always had the strength to battle again. This unnatural ability to keep coming back earned the unit the nickname "Ghosts" by the North Koreans. The 7th Cavalry fought in the battles of Hwanggan, Poksong-Dong, Kwanni, and the Naktong River Defense. When the 1st Cavalry Division attacked north, the 7th Cavalry was in front, smashing 106 miles behind enemy lines in a historic 24 hours. Three more Presidential Unit Citations were added to the colors. The Regiment's Korean campaign record included participation credits given for: UN Defensive, UN Offensive, CCF Intervention, First UN Counteroffensive.
In 1957, Company B, 7th Cavalry was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment with its organic elements concurrently constituted and activated in Korea. In 1963, the unit moved to Fort Benning, Georgia as part of the reflagging of the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
On 18 September 1965, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry arrived in Qui Nhon Harbor, Republic of Vietnam. In the famous battles of the la Drang Valley in November 1965, elements of the 7th Cavalry Regiment virtually annihilated the 66th North Vietnamese Regiment and earned another Presidential Unit Citation.
History M1944 Spec 472 Wool Field Coats
The jacket in this file is a version of the Jacket, Field, Wool, Serge, OD , which is reserved at the base for the troop, but which has been modified and assigned for use only by the officers. The only difference between the model of the troop and that reserved for members of the management, is the establishment by sewing of a label sewn on the lining ( Regulation Army Officer's Jacket ) and the replacement of the cotton lining, by satin canvas. Its referencing is under the nomenclature Jacket, Field, Wool, Serge, OD, Officer's , whose manufacture was carried out under the number of specifications QMC Tent. Spec. PQD No. 472 of 10/28/1944.
These jackets are recognizable from the model reserved for the troop mainly by the addition of a label indicating that the effect is governed by circular Army Régulation No. 600-35 ( Regulation Army Officer's Jacket ).
Manufacturing is done in a twill wool fabric with a density of 18-oz per yard, in the color Olive Drab No. 33.
The jacket is closed by a hidden buttonhole provided with 4 to 5 plastic buttons depending on the size and it is equipped with a false belt around the waist, closed by a tab provided with a Durable type press button .
The size is adjusted using two clamping tabs sewn on the hips and fitted with M-1910 scale type buckles.
The neck is of Convertible Collar type. A fabric tab is added under the collar to allow it to be closed completely around the neck.
Another difference which makes it possible to distinguish this model manufactured during the second war, from that adopted after the end of the conflict. Attention, the epaulette of the Post WWII version of the jacket for the troop is also with a cross stitching at its base.
The interior of the jacket is lined with a satin canvas ( Rayon, Twill, 4.4-oz ) in Olive Drab No.7 color over the entire surface.
This jacket is available in two models ( Pattern ).
The first which is adopted on 01/11/1944 and the second on 05/03/1945.
The difference between the two models is the arrangement of the buttons on the two sides of the jacket.
The War Department, faced with the growing need for equipment for the theater set, simplified orders in 1942. This so that materials could be ordered immediately by the Quartermaster's depots, without orders being placed. through the formal process. These orders were made using purchase orders ( POs ) to reduce the time taken for a process across all validation offices. The official order coming in a second time by the War Department, to confirm this purchase order. This type of simplified order continued throughout the Second World War.
Beginning in July 1943, several hundred Quartermaster depots, Sud-depots, ASF (Army Service Forces) depots and other facilities, were designated by the War Department as "Tax Stations" or "Stations payers ”. As such, they have been assigned a code in the order, to facilitate tracking and billing useful for all administrative functions related to the supply of standard equipment for components adopted by the War Department.
In this system, the first two digits of the callsign represent the state in which the office is maintained and the other two, the requesting depot.
From May 1945, this first model of M-1944 jacket for officers was modified and replaced by the new specification (QMC Tentative Specification PQD No. 472A of 23/05/1945).