Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Cap |
Catalog Number |
2002.28.4 |
Date |
ca.1991 |
Material(s) |
Cotton/Nylon |
Dimensions |
H-4 W-6 L-10 inches |
Description |
This is a woman's Army cap worn during Desert Storm. It is the standard "chocolate chip" six-color pattern. It is light weight and a black on green sergeant stripes patch sewn to the center of the front. The interior is unlined, and there is a green label sewn tot he underside of the crown. |
Notes |
Staff Sargeant Shuler was the second Kentucky National Guard women to be deployed during the Gulf war. Although women were not in direct combat in the Gulf, the reality is that women performed many combat roles. They flew refueling planes, flew troop transport aircraft and helicopters, fired patriots that destroyed Scud missiles, supplied mechanized brigades with fuel and ammunition, loaded bombs, operated radios, radar and military vehicles. Women were taken prisoner and some lost their lives in the Gulf. Although there was much controversy over sending women soldiers to the Gulf, including distorted reports of mass pregnancy rates, General Holm in the book "Women in the Military" wrote that after the war DOD reported to Congress that the deployment of women was "highly successful." |
Collection |
Emma Darlene Shuler Collection |
Subjects |
Hats Caps Military uniforms |
Search Terms |
Kentucky Army National Guard Military, Women Hats |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |