Jacket, Iraqi Prisoner of War
date: label: associated dates
content: 1991 00 00 / 1991 00 00
label: associated dates
content: 1991
notes: label: Description
content: 1991.0402.05 Iraqi Army-issued prisoner of war uniform jacket. The garment is a bright gold cotton twill unlined jacket, which closes at the center front with five brown plastic buttons. On the left side of chest is a rectangular brown twill patch, outlined in black, which reads, “P.W.” in large black letters. There are lower front patch pockets on the right and left side of the jacket. At the center upper back is a second larger rectangular brown twill patch with partial black outlining, which reads “P.W.” At the inside rear of the collar is a small translucent strip of doubled back tape with the text “V3” in black ink.
label: Description
content: This jacket was part of the prisoner of war uniform issued to then U.S. Army Major Rhonda Cornum. As a flight surgeon assigned to the 229th Attack Helicopter Regiment, she flew aboard a Black Hawk helicopter participating in a search and rescue operation for the downed pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter in Operation Desert Storm. On 27 February 1991, Iraqi forces shot down Cornum’s helicopter. She sustained two broken arms, a broken finger, gunshot wound and other injuries the crash. Captured by Iraqi soldiers, Cornum would be the senior ranking prisoner of war and took leadership of the other prisoners held with her. Released from captivity after eight days, she recovered from her wounds and retired from the Army as a brigadier general in 2012.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Iraq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rhonda L. Cornum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0402.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0402.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
label: Other Terms
content: Jacket; Uniforms; Woman; Prisoner of War
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (buttons material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (patches color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 16 in; 76.2 cm x 40.64 cm