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U.S. Army Special Forces overalls for a child. Olive drab cotton overalls with zipper front and elastic waist. "U.S. ARMY" tape is gold-embroidered on black wool. There is some mothing to the center around the "A". It is sewn with green bobbin thread, unlike the rest of the patches, which are sewn with black bobbin thread, and may have been the one patch to come on it when purchased.
Above the "U.S. ARMY" tape is a white-on-green embroidered set of airborne jump wings. Above the right chest pocket is a short name tape, printed black on green, with "ODA". This is similar to tapes my father had made in the 1970s, and I believe were used as early as 1966. It's not clear if "ODA" is someone's name, or if it stands for Operational Detachment Alpha, the full name for an "A-Team." The seller claims to have had adult uniforms with the same name tapes, but I have not seen them. Note: there was an American interpreter at the surrender of Okinawa, named Sergeant Oda.
Both sleeves have a 1 3/4"-wide gold-on-blue fully embroidered, cut-edge First Sergeant chevrons, with three chevrons, three arcs, and a diamond. (Are these 1948-pattern? They're too small).
On the left shoulder is a full-color set of fully-embroidered, cut-edge "AIRBORNE" tab and Special Forces SSI. The tab is on dark blue base cloth, and the SSI is on a lighter blue. On the right shoulder is a full-color, fully-embroidered, cut-edge U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School SSI. This was approved in 1962 for use by the U.S. Army Special Warfare School, renamed the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center in 1964. It's unknown why this is worn as a combat patch, and without an "AIRBORNE" tab.
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