These uniforms were worn by Thomas E. Franklin. In World War Two he served with E company 505th PIR 82nd airborne. He continued in the service after WW2 all the way through Vietnam and retired a colonel. There are 12 uniforms in this lot that span his entire service. Including his WWII ike jacket with pants, patched garrison cap, and combat infantry badge, his Korean war dress uniform including a large studio portrait of him wearing it, a field smock, several vietnam og-507 utility shirts with his insignia sewen on. the early vietnam era dress uniform has his sterling jump wings.

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the garrison cap has severe mothing, several of the wool uniforms have mothing as well but far less significant than the cap.