100 Objects #17: M43 Field Jacket
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100 Objects #17: M43 Field Jacket

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 11, 202641 min

Articles of Interest host Avery Trufelman joins Roman to tell the incredible story of the American military’s jacket problem: How should the military outfit its soldiers to make them as safe and effective as possible? The answer was the M43 Field Jacket, which not only changed what it meant to be a soldier and look like a soldier, it changed what we all wear every day—in America, and around the world. A History of the United States in 100 Objects is a production of 99% Invisible and BBC Studios. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to list...

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the world and outlet, Ihalahela Sino. It's the fall of 1918. The Great War is raging. More than a million American men have found themselves in the

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