Charles McFarlane
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I thought this may interest some of you .... I have been working with Bronson for the past few months to reproduce the hard-to-find WWII jungle sweater. Now, they are available for pre-order before they are put on Bronson's website and likely sell out forever.
These reproductions are made from 100% wool, just like the originals, while still lightweight and soft to the touch. We worked directly from the P.Q.D. Spec No. 192 "Shirt, Worsted, Knit, O.D." dated July 6, 1942. The sizing is accurate for the WWII sweaters based on the size table provided in P.Q.D. Spec No. 192.
The shirt was initially designed for Mountain Troops to be used as a replacement for the wool undershirt. In August 1942, during the initial production of jungle items for SWPA, it was added to the Jungle Clothing list along with several other items. It was to replace the blankets a soldier was issued to help soldiers keep warm at night when sleeping. This shift from a mountain item to a jungle was exemplified in its common name in the GI vernacular: "Jungle Sweater.”
During the war, they would be used from the mountains of Burma on the backs of Merrills Marauders to soldiers fighting in the steamy jungles of Bougainville and everywhere in between. It would continue to be issued post-war until early Vietnam, when it was eventually replaced by the tricot sleep shirt, with the color of OD periodically changing and the last contracts being from 1967.
Take a look and enjoy
*Pre-Order* WWII Jungle Sweater Reproduction
These are faithful reproductions of the super lightweight wool shirts that were officially called ‘Shirt, Wool, Knit, OD.’ P.Q.D. These have been...
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These reproductions are made from 100% wool, just like the originals, while still lightweight and soft to the touch. We worked directly from the P.Q.D. Spec No. 192 "Shirt, Worsted, Knit, O.D." dated July 6, 1942. The sizing is accurate for the WWII sweaters based on the size table provided in P.Q.D. Spec No. 192.
The shirt was initially designed for Mountain Troops to be used as a replacement for the wool undershirt. In August 1942, during the initial production of jungle items for SWPA, it was added to the Jungle Clothing list along with several other items. It was to replace the blankets a soldier was issued to help soldiers keep warm at night when sleeping. This shift from a mountain item to a jungle was exemplified in its common name in the GI vernacular: "Jungle Sweater.”
During the war, they would be used from the mountains of Burma on the backs of Merrills Marauders to soldiers fighting in the steamy jungles of Bougainville and everywhere in between. It would continue to be issued post-war until early Vietnam, when it was eventually replaced by the tricot sleep shirt, with the color of OD periodically changing and the last contracts being from 1967.
Take a look and enjoy
