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#51 Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic

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The Story of a British Burma Jacket

In 1978, a million dollars was a number that any 20-something middle-class American might have dreamed of making. Mel takes a freelance writing gig for a few weeks in Australia and while he's there, this is where the story picks up. "I had been drawn to military surplus clothing since my days as a college student in the 1960s"

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