The Story of The United States' World War II Paratrooper Uniforms

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A uniform that helped define a specialty section of a branch of The United States Military which ended up influencing and inspiring numerous uniforms that came after it all the way up until the present day.

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one of the most iconic and striking uniforms of all time and the reason why 90% of reenactors do a paratrooper impression

zachdisador

I've got my grandfather's M42s. Although highly irregular, he was a pilot on B-17s and later 29s and he wore the M42s because of the comfort and extra storage for extra K-rations and sandwiches for the long flights and extra equipmemt that he always took in case they got shot down or had to ditch like extra gloves and socks, first aid supplies and packets of coffee, assorted tools and extra ammo for his pistol. That's the story he told me anyway and they do have his Army Air Corps insignia and rank on them. They are still packed in his footlocker, like he left them.

Gator-

I think one of the funnier aspects is that the US Military implemented so many design elements from the US Paratrooper uniforms that actually had a proper field use, and made them unusable and only incorporated them as an aesthetic feature. I know when we wore ABU's we had 4 pockets on our top, but were told that we were never allowed to actually use them to store stuff so a lot of people just had them sewn down.

bullpupgaming

Hey, UH, you want a topic to dig into? ParaMarine uniforms from the brief flirtation that the Corps had with airborne forces in 1942-43. Good luck, but it's a fascinating topic!

cammobunker

US Army during WW2: We gave you a ton of pockets, use them.
US Army now: We gave you all pockets, I better not see you using them.

Tadicuslegion

As a paratrooper I approve this video. Keep up the good work. AATW

capndave

Ooo, now do the British denison smock and the fallschirmjäger uniforms.

hauptmanndosman

Thanks to the old Baggy Pants Devils. I remember many staff officers in my unit during the late 80's sewing the cargo pockets flat. They actually wanted to look like a POG back then.

scoutdogfsr

I was lucky enough to find a M42 Jump jacket at a costume shop last year for $43. Highlight of my collection.

GR

I have a repro set of reinforced m42’s and a pair of corcoran boots which I was surprised weren’t mentioned.

Mree

Please do a video on the Russian/Soviet Gymnasterka Jacket, finding info about all the different models, types, fabrics used, and ways to wear them kinda gets hard when no one is really sure what is true and what is not, especially when uniform regulations were rarely followed, be it during the wars or after.

snbrinewehr

I love the Vietnam Jungle fatigue, particularly the third pattern where they got rid of the gas flap. It really strikes me as a uniform slowly developed for field and less for garrison. The original parajump uniform is still excellent

gunterstraus