Camouflage pattern uniforms were in use in the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War. However, they never saw use in the European Theatre out of fears that US soldiers would be mistaken for German and Italian soldiers, who themselves made use of camouflage uniforms. The Marine Corps adopted the M65 ERDL (predecessor to the BDU uniform) in 1965. In 1981, the Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) was adopted uniformly throughout all branches, using a variation of the ERDL pattern known as the M81 pattern (and often referred to as the woodland pattern).
It was first used in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. However, it was never made standard issue. The M65 ERDL pattern and "Tiger Stripe" uniforms were offered to select units during the Vietnam War, and the US Marines adopted the M65 ERDL pattern as standard after the Vietnam War, but it wasn't until the adoption of the Battle Dress Uniform - rendered in the M81 "woodland" pattern - in 1981 that a camouflage uniform became standard in the Army, although the uniform was initially manufactured only in the intermediate pattern, while the solid olive drab OG-507 uniform continued to be the standard for tropical environments until temperate pattern BDU uniforms became available.
The ACU was first fielded in February of 2005.
The American Civil War
First battle of bull run
It was a nickname given to the soldiers of the Mexican-American War. The Soldiers would ride through the desert and the sand kicked up by the horses would stick to the uniforms and give them the appearance of looking like dough. The term became popular during the first world war.
the union soldiers wore blue uniforms, and the confederates usually wore grey
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No, allied soldiers wore khaki uniforms (A shade of medium brown) and German soldiers wore blue/gray. -I believe the first to to wear camouflage were German paratroops in WW2.
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