WW2 USMC P44 Shirt

A very used United States Marine Corps P44 shirt . Excellent condition service worn US WW2 olive green HBT shirt with total fading of the USMC lettering & emblem on left breast but still with its black painted USMC buttons. After the disastrous beach landing at Tarawa Atoll in November 1943, when most Marines ditched their equipment getting ashore under fire, it was decided that a uniform was needed that could hold essential items such as ammunition & rations etc. This was to the answer to that requirement. Complete with its gas flap still intact ,this 1944 pattern shirt with its internal pocket design is a classic Pacific theatre item. Complete with its 6 US Marine Corps buttons to front fly & one each to breast pocket & stowage pockets it is in very good condition with service wear. An approx 44inch chest this is an ideal shirt for mannequin display representing a combat Marine in the field.