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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

After much private heartburning, the WACs finally junked it in favor of a jauntier, less severe overseas cap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wearing a blue and gold Legion overseas cap lettered "Georgia, Post No. 2," the candidate said that while the U.S. needs to cut military wastefulness, its armed forces should remain as strong as the Russians'.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Wildcat sewed a turkey wing fan to the mascot's overseas cap and wired the gaudy combination securely in place between Lily's horns.

From Lady Luck by Wiley, Hugh