Melissa Rathbun-Nealy's "Chocolate Chip"-pattern Battle Dress Uniform
date: label: associated dates
content: 1990-1991
name: label: user
content: Coleman, Melissa Rathbun-Nealy
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Tan and brown "chocolate chip"-pattern military jacket with one patch on both the left and right front pockets, and matching trousers.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: “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.
place: label: worn
content: Iraq
label: associated place
content: United States: Texas, Fort Bliss
topic: label: Subject
content: POWs
label: related event
content: Operation Desert Storm
label: related event
content: Contemporary United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: SPC Melissa Coleman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0377.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0377.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0377
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shirt
label: Other Terms
content: shirt; Uniforms; Woman; Army; Enlisted; Field, Desert, Camouflage
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 17 in x 27 in; 43.18 cm x 68.58 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 in x 16 in x 3 in; 73.66 cm x 40.64 cm x 7.62 cm