Melissa Rathbun-Nealy's "Chocolate Chip"-pattern Battle Dress Uniform
- Description
- Physical Description
- Tan and brown "chocolate chip"-pattern military jacket with one patch on both the left and right front pockets, and matching trousers.
- Specific History
- “Chocolate chip”-pattern battle dress uniform jacket and trousers worn by Specialist Melissa Rathbun-Nealy of the 233rd Transportation Company, United States Army, during Operation Desert Storm. Specialist Rathbun-Nealy was captured by the Iraqis on January 31, 1991 and subsequently released on March 4, 1991.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- shirt
- associated dates
- 1990-1991
- user
- Coleman, Melissa Rathbun-Nealy
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- nylon (overall material)
- brown (overall color)
- tan (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 17 in x 27 in; 43.18 cm x 68.58 cm
- overall: 29 in x 16 in x 3 in; 73.66 cm x 40.64 cm x 7.62 cm
- worn
- Iraq
- associated place
- United States: Texas, Fort Bliss
- ID Number
- 1991.0377.01
- catalog number
- 1991.0377.01
- accession number
- 1991.0377
- subject
- POWs
- related event
- Operation Desert Storm
- Contemporary United States
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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