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A PAIR OF NEW USGI US ARMY SIZE X-LARGE PHYSICAL TRAINING (PT) SHORTS. THESE YELLOW WITH BLACK RACING STRIPE TRAINING SHORTS WERE ISSUED TO ARMY SOLDIERS DURING THE 1970'S THRU THE LATE 1980'S. THIS STYLE WAS THE PREDECESSOR TO THE ARMY GREY PHYSICAL TRAINING UNIFORM.

THEY WERE ADOPTED INTO THE SYSTEM WHEN THE POST-DRAFT VOLUNTEER ARMY (VOLAR) CAME INTO EXISTENCE AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR. THESE SHORTS WERE ONE OF THE FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE PT UNIFORM WHICH COMMONLY WAS REFERRED TO AS THE "BANANA SUIT". THE OTHER THREE PARTS CONSISTED OF A YELLOW TRACK SUIT TOP AND BOTTOM AND A REVERSIBLE YELLOW TO BLACK T SHIRT.

THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED OF A 65% POLYESTER/35% COTTON MATERIAL.

THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR FOR THESE SHORTS IS M. J. SOFFE CO., INC.

NSN#. 8415-01-046-4811

NOTE: THESE HAVE BECOME SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO FIND RECENTLY SO THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME NOSTALGIA TO YOUR US ARMY COLLECTION WITH A PAIR OF THESE UNUSED "BANANA SUIT" PT SHORTS.

WEIGHT APPROX. 7 0Z.

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