| Alpha Industries began in October 1959 and took on the existing Dobbs Industries' subcontracts for Rolen Sportswear, as well as Dobbs' government contracts for raincoats and fight jackets. By December 1959, Alpha obtained its first U.S. Defense Department contracts to manufacture N-3B Air Force parkas and U.S. Navy shipboard shirts. Although unknown to Alpha's management and most other Americans at that time, the ongoing events in Southeast Asia would eventually lead to the Vietnam War, and a virtual tidal wave of Department of Defense contracts assured Alpha's future success. |
