Rigger Made M43 Trouser PocketsImmediately after the Normandy invasion, the US army started to outfit divisions with the recently developed M1943 uniform. The 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions were two of the first units to be issued with these new items en masse. There was however a small flaw. The M42 uniform it replaced had large cargo leg pockets designed to hold all the extra items of equipment the paratroopers needed for fighting behind enemy lines. The newly adopted M1943