I'm referring to the late WW2 officer's service uniforms of course. Problem is, I'm not sure what exactly what colors they are supposed to be. I have the Miniart figures and references, but no precise information on what the colors are supposed to be.

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I'm referring to the late WW2 officer's service uniforms of course. Problem is, I'm not sure what exactly what colors they are supposed to be. I have the Miniart figures and references, but no precise information on what the colors are supposed to be.

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WHAT ARMY???

I'm referring to the late WW2 officer's service uniforms of course. Problem is, I'm not sure what exactly what colors they are supposed to be. I have the Miniart figures and references, but no precise information on what the colors are supposed to be.

Thanks for the 3 pictures, but what era are they from and what service?

Looks like Sergeant Major of the Army Dailey's hat is a little big for him...

My kid brother sent this to me the other day...

Yeah well-- I wore the uniform before that one-- so that must mean I'm older than dirt now! I was in the HTTB (9th Division) when this uniform was being tested-- and wore 2 variations of it between 1981-1982-- along with the BDU’s we tested what we know now as MREs, before that we ate "C's and wore "Utilities" with a baseball cap. Summer uniform was a poplin short sleeved Khaki "blouse" and long trousers. Formal wear was either a White dress uniform or Dress Blues, if you were really fancy, "Dress Mess". By the way-- that helmet wasn't the one we wore--it was the steel pot (still have mine)-- so the guy in this picture is just a "baby". 😆
VR, Russ

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I'm referring to the late WW2 officer's service uniforms of course. Problem is, I'm not sure what exactly what colors they are supposed to be. I have the Miniart figures and references, but no precise information on what the colors are supposed to be.

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"Pinks and Greens" are still traditionally worn as the dress uniform by the Cadet Corps at Texas A&M today. They were adopted pre-WWII and primarily a wool gaberdine officers uniform, consisting of dark tan trousers with a very slight "rosey-brown" hue (hence the "pink"-- but not really any pink is in it at all) and a gaberdine jacket of a dark OD green. Post WWII, they were replaced by an all green winter uniform, and an all tan summer uniform. These were in turn replaced by the "Green" service uniform in the late 60s. The "pink and green" uniform is currently under revision for adoption by the Army as the next "Service Uniform" (some of the above photos) to replace the "Dress Blue" uniform as the service uniform. Here's an article about the Army's new uniform, with plenty of history on the old uniform:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/11/03/army-close-finalizing-pinks-greens-uniform-all-soldiers.html
VR, Russ

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I'm referring to the late WW2 officer's service uniforms of course. Problem is, I'm not sure what exactly what colors they are supposed to be. I have the Miniart figures and references, but no precise information on what the colors are supposed to be.

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"Pinks and Greens" are still traditionally worn as the dress uniform by the Cadet Corps at Texas A&M today. They were adopted pre-WWII and primarily a wool gaberdine officers uniform, consisting of dark tan trousers with a very slight "rosey-brown" hue (hence the "pink"-- but not really any pink is in it at all) and a gaberdine jacket of a dark OD green. Post WWII, they were replaced by an all green winter uniform, and an all tan summer uniform. These were in turn replaced by the "Green" service uniform in the late 60s. The "pink and green" uniform is currently under revision for adoption by the Army as the next "Service Uniform" (some of the above photos) to replace the "Dress Blue" uniform as the service uniform. Here's an article about the Army's new uniform, with plenty of history on the old uniform:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/11/03/army-close-finalizing-pinks-greens-uniform-all-soldiers.html
VR, Russ

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Ah, ah, ah! Not so fast...

"Pinks and Greens" referred to the WWII-style US Army Class A Officers' Uniform which has been described above. However, "Pinks and Greens" were not the official standard....

"Pinks" were merely an option that could be worn when the official Class A Officers' OD Shade 51 Service Trousers were not necessarily required. That means every day Officers' dress-wear, and not official functions such as "decoration ceremonies" and the like.


Hopefully, I've cleared up the muddy waters, some. "Pinks and Greens" were for the Officers' "unofficial discretions" and not really "required wear"...

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I'm referring to the late WW2 officer's service uniforms of course. Problem is, I'm not sure what exactly what colors they are supposed to be. I have the Miniart figures and references, but no precise information on what the colors are supposed to be.

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"Pinks and Greens" are still traditionally worn as the dress uniform by the Cadet Corps at Texas A&M today. They were adopted pre-WWII and primarily a wool gaberdine officers uniform, consisting of dark tan trousers with a very slight "rosey-brown" hue (hence the "pink"-- but not really any pink is in it at all) and a gaberdine jacket of a dark OD green. Post WWII, they were replaced by an all green winter uniform, and an all tan summer uniform. These were in turn replaced by the "Green" service uniform in the late 60s. The "pink and green" uniform is currently under revision for adoption by the Army as the next "Service Uniform" (some of the above photos) to replace the "Dress Blue" uniform as the service uniform. Here's an article about the Army's new uniform, with plenty of history on the old uniform:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/11/03/army-close-finalizing-pinks-greens-uniform-all-soldiers.html
VR, Russ

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Ah, ah, ah! Not so fast...

"Pinks and Greens" referred to the WWII-style US Army Class A Officers' Uniform which has been described above. However, "Pinks and Greens" were not the official standard....

"Pinks" were merely an option that could be worn when the official Class A Officers' OD Shade 51 Service Trousers were not necessarily required. That means every day Officers' dress-wear, and not official functions such as "decoration ceremonies" and the like.


Hopefully, I've cleared up the muddy waters, some. "Pinks and Greens" were for the Officers' "unofficial discretions" and not really "required wear"...

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Dennis, you've given an ecellent and exceptionally detailed answer to the pre--and -WWII US Army description of Pinks & Greens. But You've said the items in the photos are poor reproductions. Those are not reproductions at all, they are the new US Army uniform, throwing back to the previous "Pinks and Greens"--and the photos above are all enlisted photos from the current SMA down. Officers are shown in the attached article. There are no officers photos included in the ones above. (I have no idea what they look like in person-- but I have a friend who's a full AD Colonel who's bemoaning the fact there's yet another uniform change, which means they'll have to spend money yet again.
VR, Russ

Dennis, I agree with you about the "Army-Navy" stores of days gone by-- there are none anymore. When I see the word "Surplus" I just laugh. Surplus imported junk is a better term for them. But, I have to disgree a bit about the "new" uniform. It's designed as a "throwback", the new "official" uniform of an Armed Service, and as such it sets a "new" standard in cut, cloth and wear-- it's designed to appear similar, not to be the same. Texas A&M has done the same thing since WWII. No doubt the materials in this new uniform will be different, but it makes them no less "official". And they will be available for purchase in the Army clothing sales store soon I understand. I have mixed feelings, having worn a uniform for 30 years. It might be time to drop this uniform change nonsense the Army has dealt with for the last few years, at the same time, this is the style of uniform the rank and file have asked for for many years. But, I don't know if I'd like to wear it myself. It seems a little "sacreligious" to me? Kind of a "dress up"? Almost "Halloweenish" so to speak? Deja vu maybe? I don't know, as I have mixed feelings about it. But since I'm retired, I guess I really don't have a say so!
VR, Russ

Yep-- a little "Halloweenish". But If I read the article correctly, the uniform isn't finalized until December. And has progressed from the ones pictured above. What we're seeing here are the "options". If you read the original article, there is a photo of a proposed female and male Officer uniform, (I think the male is wearing an enlisted variation, judging by the cap badge and shoulder patch). These uniforms are more closely cut to the 60s-90s Class A uniform, with the gold buttons, and look much better (to me anyway) than the photos above of the EM uniforms. I think the colors are great too.
Those Canadians do look sharp in those colors, kind of impressive really-- very "military" looking. I was always proud of my Class-A uniform, but I also felt kind of like I was wearing a combination train conductor-airline pilots uniform at times. And we were never allowed to take the "grommet" out of our caps for that "50 mission crush" look. Once I made Major though, I did wear my Father-in-Law's cap from the early 60s, which was cut like the previous caps (officers caps were manufactured by several different companies, and each might have a slight variation). His cap had a thin metal band around the inside rim, which caused it to look a little more like a "50 Mission crush" cap-- it had a sharper peak to it. Boy are we off topic here.
VR, Russ

Dennis, you're exactly right when you said it looked like Halloween.

Military uniforms have always been about dressing up in costumes.

I was asking for dress blues for class A uniform back in the 1990s. With kepis or Hardee hats.

These new uniforms will never match up to the original, nor are they meant to. That's not what "tribute" means. Inspired by but updated ( read as ruined) for today.

Just like any Star Trek reboot or tribute or new series.

Well at least there's no Ike jackets.

Everybody will look like extras from "Catch-22"