Jim Butcher: Composite/Defenders of Freedom

Artist: Jim Butcher
1944 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1980
Image Size: 16 by 16 inches
Overall Size: 20 by 20 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board

Uniforms of the four major U.S. armed service branches have come a long way since the days of the American Revolution. Then with uniform materials in matching colors difficult to procure for large numbers of troops, the only hard and fast restriction was that soldiers avoid copying the bright red coats of enemy British troops. Through two centuries of armed conflict throughout the world, U.S. military uniforms have undergone a gradual but steady change from gaudy and purely decorative dress to functional design for maneuverability and comfort. The Navy uniform has evolved at a conservative but inexorable pace. Enlisted men's traditional blue jumpers and round white hats were phased out only in the 1970's. For the Army, the progress from breeches and cutaway coat to the handsome forest green dress uniform of today was similarly slow in development. Attention to protective coloration and functional design became dominant in Army uniforms only after the turn of this century. Air Force men and women shared the Army look until 1949. Now the blue uniform of the Air Force, symbolic of that service branch's charter to perform military operations in the air and in space, is known and recognized worldwide. Marines were the original American "soldiers of the sea." First to fight in almost every U.S. war, the "leathernecks" long ago shed their protective collars to don their distinctive dress uniforms of dark blue highlighted in scarlet, white and gold.

This painting was originally used on the Fleetwood® Commemorative Combination Cover for the Defenders of Freedom issued July 21, 1980.

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