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overseas cap

American  

noun

Military.
  1. a wedge-shaped cap of cotton or woolen fabric, worn as part of the service uniform.


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A wartime photo of him in the American Legion post down the road in Union City shows a handsome man in uniform wearing his Army overseas cap at a jaunty angle.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019

Nearby, Ray Chavez, 105, the country’s oldest survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, sat in his wheelchair, wearing a white and blue overseas cap bearing the name of his ship, the USS Condor.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2017

He wore a blue overseas cap, whipcord breeches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Donning an overseas cap to show his membership in the organization, he stepped up amid a cyclone of cheers to the same Stadium rostrum where 15 months prior he had accepted the Presidential nomination.

From Time Magazine Archive

He recovered his breath, saluted ceremoniously, readjusted his overseas cap to the proper angle.

From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)