This 1944 dated “Ike Jacket” is in nice condition.

It is made of OD wool that shows one or two moth nips on the right collar. The size is 36 small.

The jacket has only one Tech-5 chevron instead of the usual two, otherwise all insignia is present. The left sleeve bears the standard 98^th Infantry Division patch as well as four overseas bars and one hashmark. Above the left breast pocket is a “sterling” marked Expert Infantry Badge and a Good Conduct ribbon while above the right pocket is a “ruptured duck” discharge cloth insignia. On the flap of the left breast pocket is a sharpshooter badge with “RIFLE” bar. The collars bear late to post-war “US” and infantry collar discs and a brass “ruptured duck” lapel button is attached to a cloth tab under the left collar.

The interior lining is in very nice condition and bears the laundry number of “S5504.” Right breast pocket has a readable label with maker’s information.

The 98th was ordered into active military service on 15 September 1942 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, filling its ranks primarily with soldiers from New York and New England. A "triangular" division organized around a three-regiment core, the 98th spent the next eighteen months training at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, Camp Forrest, Tennessee and Camp Rucker, Alabama in anticipation of combat in the Pacific theater.

Arriving in Oahu, Hawaii on 19 April 1944, the roughly 19,590 soldiers of the 98th relieved the 33rd Infantry Division of responsibility for the defense of the Hawaiian Islands and continued training for deployment to Asia. Slated as a participant in Operation Olympic, scheduled for 1 November 1945 as one of two planned invasions of Japan, the 98th was relieved of garrison duties by the 372nd Infantry Regiment on 15 May 1945 to train for that operation.[4] However, the war drew to a close before the 98th was deployed to an active combat zone. Instead, the 98th Infantry Division arrived in Japan on 27 September 1945 and served in Osaka, Japan as part of the occupying force until 16 February 1946 when the unit was inactivated.  [AD] [PH:J]

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