The pants came with optional button or zipper fly and were designed with two single-button closure hip slash pockets and two double-button bellows pockets on the thigh.
The coat had two slant pockets on the chest and two lower bellows pockets about hip-high, each closing with two buttons. Three generations of Jungle Fatigues were used during the Vietnam War, all of which shared common core characteristics. The US uniforms worn on-base or in garrisoned units didn’t receive too much attention regarding re-design, but the ones intended for combat were given top priority and quickly developed to be both practical and comfortable when worn in hot and steamy climates. Nonetheless in the 1960s came Vietnam and with it, totally different uniform requirements to meet the environmental conditions of that country. The fighting ceased in 1953 and with peace the pre-Korea casual attitude towards uniforms and equipment returned to the US military, the surplus they had was good enough.
Realising the seriousness of the situation, the Government placed production priority on cold weather manufacture, but that didn’t help get through the first winter. The practice of using surplus or non-upgraded military equipment almost totally succeeded until the 1950 US involvement in Korea when it became evident those old uniforms were not designed to protect personnel in the bone-chilling mountain winter temperatures. In fact, there was so much surplus, US troops used it for decades. Logistically speaking, it must have been a convoluted nightmare for the military planners, but by the end of the war there were stockpiles of virtually everything. During WWII, US industry designed and manufactured millions of special purpose uniforms to suit the numerous and diverse theaters of operation.
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