eBay This is a super rare 2nd pattern marine paratrooper (paramarine) camouflage jacket. These jackets were made and issued for marine paratroopers, a highly trained and specialized group of select marines who passed both boot camp and jump school, which had a very low turnout rate. Since the Paramarines only had around 3,500 members at its peak out of the 475,000 marines who served in WW2, their utilities were made in small numbers including jackets like this one, which was issued in mid-1943 and was eventually it was reissued to Lloyd C. Henderson, an armorer with both the 5th Defense battal... |