BUZZ RICKSON'S Buzz Rickson's Tankers Jacket TANKERS JACKET TYPE BROWN VERSION H&S 3RD LVT 62 BR11096 Size 36 Crown Chevron Zipper... Reproduction by Toyo Enterprises Brown Version H&S 3RD LVT 62 LVT stands for LANDING VEHICLE TRACKED / Amphibious Tracked Vehicle (Amtrak; commonly known as Alligator). This tankers jacket is not for the Army tank crew, but a replica of the tankers jacket used by the Marines, as it is for the 3RD LVT / 3rd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. The 3RD LVT stencil on the back is composed of H&S and 7 companies from A to F. Formed in San Diego on September 16, 1942, with the establishment of the 3rd Marine Division. From December of the same year, the base was Camp Pendleton, California. After several months of training, it was deployed to Auckland, New Zealand in February-March 1943, and was put into the Pacific War, including the Battle of Bougainville (LVT-1 x 124 vehicles), the Battle of Guam (LVT-2, LVT-4 x 193 vehicles), and the Battle of Iwo Jima (LVT-2 x 90 vehicles), and then waited in Guam for the landing operation on the Japanese mainland when the war ended. After the end of WWII, the 3rd Marine Division was disbanded on December 28, 1945, and the 3rd Amphibious Tractor Battalion was once dissolved on May 1, 1946, but was reorganized on April 1, 1952, under the jurisdiction (dispatch) of the Navy, and was transferred to the 1st Marine Division in October 1955, and has been in service through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield, and Operation Desert Storm. Actual Size (Please note that there may be some errors due to amateur measurements) Length: Approximately 60cm Width: Approximately 53cm Shoulder width: Approximately 46cm Sleeve length: Approximately 58cm #Military #Tank #TankCrew #Fury #Tankers #Jacket #ColdProtection #BuzzRickson's