Jacket, Field, OD (M41 with epaulettes)

This is the ubiquitous cool weather garment worn by virtually all US Army enlisted and officer soldiers in the early to middle period of WWII. The OD Field Jacket, also known as the M41 Field Jacket by collectors, saw use in every theater of operation of WWII either as a front line constant wear garment or as a rear area garrison jacket for lounging. It was worn by soldiers while guarding the American coastlines when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, as well as soldiers wading ashore at the Normandy invasion in June 1944. In fact, the general concept of the OD Field Jacket spanned for years before WWII undergoing several minor changes in materials and design. Collectors have attempted to identify the differences by token names such as M38 Jacket, Parsons jacket, M41 Jacket, etc, All throughout its use it remained known officially in the Army as the OD Field Jacket.  The OD Field Jacket was a garment designed, produced, and issued for US Army soldiers, but US Marines and US N