Eisenhower jacket
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An Eisenhower jacket, or "Ike" jacket, is a type of military uniform blouse, or shortened coat, terminating in a waistband. Introduced by U.S. Army General and Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe Dwight David Eisenhower, his innovative design initially appeared in 1943 as a modified version of the U.S. Army's regulation service uniform coat, the idea based on the British Battle Dress coat which predated the American Ike Jacket by a number of years. Later examples were manufactured in the shortened form and became widely popular among U.S. Army officers and enlisted men as standard additions to their service uniform.
After World War II, jackets of this style became a convenient type of coat to wear when operating a vehicle and/or carrying a sidearm, which made variations of it popular with civilian police agencies.
