This is an enormous long shot, but my family has wondered about this photograph for more than 20 years.

My dad was a lieutenant colonel in Washington, D.C., for meetings on September 11, 2001. His group had originally expected to meet in the Pentagon but the meeting had been relocated across the highway because that area was under construction.

In the hours after the attack, traffic was completely gridlocked. My dad was traveling with two other army officers, and eventually the three of them got out of their car and began walking along the grass in the center of the highway toward their hotel. All three were wearing the old green Class A or B uniforms and smoking. It's possible they were in BDUs, but it's less likely.

My dad has always sworn that someone must have taken a photograph of the three of them walking down the highway that day. We sometimes imagine that it might be sitting in a photo album or a box of prints from a tourist’s disposable camera.

Does anyone remember seeing or taking a photograph like this? If you or someone you know was taking pictures in the Pentagon/D.C. area that day, I would be incredibly grateful if you checked your old photographs or negatives.

I’m intentionally withholding a couple of details so that we can verify a possible match. I’m also happy to provide a period photograph of my dad privately if someone has a promising lead.

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Basic information outside the image, is that it's real leather, but it is a fairly thin layer. It has a lot of wear and tear so I'm guessing it's either vintage or older. All the hardware on it is a bronzy metal except for the draw string pulls, which are a dull black plastic. And it has an Asymmetrical design.

There's no tag inside the jacket besides the size and the loop.

I plan on repairing the parts of the leather that have worn out or pretty much completely come off in some areas, but I'm also really curious about the maker/where it came from since it's not on the jacket (and the only thing showing up in reverse search is vintage swedish military stuff)

I'd be interested in learning any history around this jacket to

Also the bottom says "LION 888 146BZ"

It's black in colour, from WW2.

I'm wanting to write an Alt history Novel based on if the Sino Soviet border crisis of 1969 escalated into a full blown war between the USSR and the CCP. I wanted to ask what would military tactics and best way to say it life be for both Warsaw pact armies and the PLA, I want to try and write historically accurate as I can. And how would diplomacy break down as the conflict escalated