US WWII M1943 Uniform

From WWII Impressions.com "The Jacket, Field, M1943 was the outer shell field or combat garment that replaced the earlier Jacket, Field, Od also known as the M41 jacket.  The Army found the M41 jacket to not be up to the task of protecting troops from colder climates.  Furthermore efforts were afoot to standardize the official combat uniform throughout the Army. The army discovered just how expensive it was to produce and issue so many different types of uniforms for the regular Army, as well as airborne, mechanized, armored, and other special troops.   The M43 Field Jacket begin widespread use in the Army in the summer of 1944 worn by replacement soldiers being trained stateside, and then in the European Theater of operations in the Fall of 1944.  Since then this uniform eventually saw use by both Army and Marines at various cooler areas during WWII.  Photos can be found of GIs wearing the M43 field jacket while fighting during the frigid Battle of the Bulge, while marching all over Germany in 1945, and also by Marines wearing them in the Pacific just prior to the Japanese surrender.  This jacket also saw use by Army GIs and Marines during the Korean conflict in 1950/51.  The jacket was so successful that it was mass produced with only minor modifications as with the M1950 and M1951 field jackets.  It wasn't until the development of the M65 field jacket that this design was finally retired, and even then the M65 has many throwbacks to it's grand pappy, the M43 jacket.  Many other countries copied the M43 field jacket with slight variations during the late 1940s and 1950s."