Uniform, Military
Object number2018.132.4 a,b
Date1943-1945
MediumWool; Fabric; Plastic; Paper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Steven W. Hays
DescriptionU.S. Army military uniform pants, Size W32, L31. Olive drab (brown-green) wool fabric. Five brown plastic buttons down front opening with extended front flap with one brown plastic button for closure. Seven belt loops. One hip pocket each side, one rear pocket each side, and one small coin pocket on the front of the proper right hip. Hard creases down front and back of each leg. Waistband and pockets are lined with white fabric. Dry cleaning ticket found in the pants pocket.DimensionsHeight x Width (a - Width at waist): 40 x 15 in. (101.6 x 38.1 cm)Height x Width x Depth (b): 1.938 x 3.875 x 0.031 in. (4.9 x 9.8 x 0.1 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Inside pants, the proper right hip pocket's lining has black handwritten text "53-9403".
(b)
Front has black printed text including "THIS GARMENT FINISHED / BY OPERATOR No. / 38 / ... / PETER PAN CLEANERS".
Marks(a)
Inside pants below waistband on the proper right rear pocket lining is white fabric tag with black embroidered text "W32 / L31".
Inside pants, the underside of the proper right rear pocket's lining has black stamped text. "HP 526 C".
Historical NotesPart of a collection that documents donor Steven W. Hays' father, Walter J. G. Hays, Jr.'s service in WWII. Walter J. G Hays, Jr. grew up at 5100 Bayard Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Shady Side Academy. After high school he began to work at Sewickley Ice Company, which his father, William J. G. Hays, Sr., owned. Walter was drafted in 1943, trained in Bloomington, Illinois (where he met his future wife) and then was deployed to England. He trained for six months in England before participating in D-Day as well as the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded and received a Purple Heart. He ended his service in Berlin where his group was relieved by MP troops who came to keep peace in Berlin after the war. When he returned to the States he first went back to Bloomington to marry Lucille Nagrass, who he met when he was stationed there, and then returned to Pittsburgh and his job at the ice plant. While he was in the service he worked in refrigeration repair and served in the 3712th Quartermaster Truck Company.
Previous owner
Walter J. G. Hays Jr.
Related institution
3712th Quartermaster Truck Company
Related person
Lucille Nagrass
Related institution
Sewickley Ice Company
Related institution
Peter Pan Cleaners
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1941-1953
